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FOURTH NATICNAL BANK|
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Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2—City em- |
ployes of Atlanta today were paid |
their salaries with $70,000 loaned |
to the city government withuutl
intercst by the Fourth National
Bank. l
With salaries of all employes
due, the city had only a little over
$14,000 on deposit with which to
pay them, and the city could not
legally borrow any money from
the banks because the city already
owes the banks $400,000, which 1s
the limit of the city’'s current bor
rowing power under the charter.
Confronted by ‘this un]n‘ccc—l
dented sifuation, .. Uncle. Jim’
Woodward was swmting in the
mayor’s office chewing the end of
a wicked looking cigar and won
dering what to do when his sccrc-f
tary announced that Capt. ‘l:nmxl
W. English desired to see him. '
Ushered into the :\lH.\'H!".‘-' office, |
Capt. English informed .\l:lym“
Woodward that the Fourth Nat- |
ional Bank, of which he is presi- |
dent, would be glad to loan flu-l
city $70,000, or so much thereof as |
might be necessary, without any |
interest and without the :«.‘rntch;
yof a pen to bind the U':m\':u'liun,l
in order that policemen, firemen,
school teachers and city employ
cs would not be comipelled to face
a threatened railroad strike with
no money to buy groceries.
When the mayor had some
what recovered his breath he
grabbed his telephone and sum
moned the city attorney for the
purpode of a ruling as to whether
the city could legally accept the
offer. . The city attorney ruled
that it could, and today the may
or signed the checks and they
were cashed at the Fourth Nat
ional Bank, which. by the way,
carries the largest deposits of any |
antional bank in Georgia. |
FARM LOAN BOARD
IN GEORGIA IN FALL
Atlanta, Sept. 2.—Letters re
ceived here from William J. Har
ris of the Federal Trade Commis
ston and others stated that the
new federal farm loan board will
hold a session in Georgia some
time in the early fall when it is
anticipated there wil be taken un”
DORSEY THANKS THE PEOPLE AND
WARKS THEM AGAINST CONSPIRACY
To The ’eople of Georgia:
This is the only eard I have address
ed to you during the entire (':nn]migni
for governor. I have not the financial
resources of my opponents, or their
backers, to enable me_to advertise my.
campaign, and, as you know, many
of the newspapers, for obvious rea
sons, have denied me the publicity so
freely bestowed upon all of my oppon
ents.
But I cannot close this remarkable
campaign without a word of personal
thanks to you for your generous re
sponse to the announcement of my
candidacy, and for which I want you
to know that I am very grateful.
Let me, in this last word, warn you
against the conspiracy that has been
formed and the tremendous slush fund
that has been poured into Georgia,
at the last moment, to defeat the will
of the people by a convention nomi
natiza. You cannot <be overthrown
ac the polls; anything is possible in a
convention where the politicians have
& better chance to invalidate your
vote by bringing about the nomination
of a candidate of their choosing. :
These conspirators have\been telling
you through their organs, &nd in &;’eir
speeches, that my candidagy is based
upon the Leo Frank case. \No state
ment more false was ever ered.
Read my platform, every speech I
have delivered and every letter I have
written in this campaign, and you will
find no mention, whatever, of that
case. I have established my candidacy
upon a platform of honest and exalted
)rlnclr’leu, with all the seriousness and
sincerity I can command.
Now let's see the animus of thig cen
spiracy. 1 quote a paragraph from a
Jetter written to a well known Geor
gian by former Governor John M. Sla
ton. This lettter I have already given
to the public in full. In that letter,
after declaring his belief that I am
lacking in “every qualification.that a
governor should possess,” he oses
the animus of his antagonisti tude
in this statement:
“You understand that I am
very much prejudiced against Dor
sey on account of his indefensible
attack on me two days after I
commuted Frank's sentence. Der
sey had it in his power to place
th{s case before Governor Harris
by simply delaying one week in
moving the court to pronounce
sentence. ‘Usually the Solicitor
General waits one to four weeks
before moving to have a man
sentenced to death, after the Su
preme Court has sent down its
mandate, but in this case Dor
sey moved the next day, with the
intent of forcing the case before
me. If he had not endeavored to
force the sentence of Frank Dbe
fore the Supreme Court of the
United States had sent down its
mardate and had allowed the
usual rule of thirty days between
filing of the o¢pinion and the
transmission of the mandate the |
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN
NER WORKINGS SHOWN
IN FILM
“The Fugitive,” Thrilling Detec
tive Drama, Featuring Beauti
ful Florence Laßadie, to be
Seen at the Grand Treater
Inner workings of New York’s
PPolice Department are graphical
ly shown in the Pathe Gold Roos
ter play produced by Thanhouser,
entitled “The Fugitive” which the
Girand Theatre has announced for
Tuesday.
Beautiful Florénce Laßadie, in
the title role, in order to save her
sister from prison, takes upon
herself sugpicion for a crime com
mitted by the other girl in de
fence of her honor. The relent
less strength of the long arm of
the law is shown when luck
plays into the hands of the police
mspector after a number of years.
The girl has gone-West, fallen
in love and married. Her hus
band 1s successful and - she is
ideally happy. The past is almost
forgotten. Her husband (Rabert
Vaughn) is called to New York
on business. At the Pennsylva
nia Station his pocket is picked ;
the man who stole his watch is
arrested on suspicion by detec
tives and taken to police héad
(quarters.
There the search reveals the
watch in the back of which is a
picture of the heroine. A few
moments later the husband ar
rives to claim his property The
inspector learns his name and ad
dress and discovers that the girl
is his wife. He wires her to come
to New York as her husband is
ill. She does so and is artested.
Thus, the story is developed to a
powerful climax. Does she es
cape? If so, how? That is the
question audiences will ask up to
the last few scenes.
der consideration the matter of
establishment of one of the farm
loan banks in this state. Savan
nah, Macon and Atlanta are ap
plying for it. It is stated when
they come here the members of
the board will be entertained by
the ‘Georgia Chamber of Com
merce,
case would have gone over three
weeks into Governor Harris’
term.”
That tells the story; tells also the
story why Hearst’s Atlanta Georgian
and Sunday American, in which Mr
Slaton is a well paid officer and ds
rector, has come out for Governor Har
ris, notwithstanding Mr. Slaton, when
Governor of Georgia, publicly insulted
Governor Harris in the Dempsey Ho
tel, in Macon, by refusing to shake his
proffered hand and brusquely turning
his back, because he thought Governor
Harris, then governor-elect, had not
sufficientiy favored him for the United
States Senate.
Now let’s see further about this con
spiracy. Governor Slaton commuted
the sentence of the murderer Frank.
Governor Harris has commuted the
sentence of the murderer Stripling,
thereby saying, in effect, to the friends
of Frank, who questioned his attitade,
“See what I would have done for you
if the Frank case had come before
me!” Both were deliberate murders.
Both defendants were fairly convicted
b‘y Georgia juries, and both conviec
tions approved by our courts. In both
cases the Pardon Board recommended
against executive interference. No
wonder Slaton, The Georgian and their
allies flopped to Harris.
No wonder Governor Harris by his
veto of the Neill primary bill, deprived
you of the benefit of the county unit
plan and popular primary, which would
have robbed their conspiracy of its
power to destroy your will.
It has come to me upon rekable au
thority that a tremendous campaign
fund has been raised, to which I am
advised Governor John M. Slaton has
either contributed, or for which he
has secured $5,000 “to beat Dorsey.”
Governor Harris.appeals to the Con
federate Veterans. Since they laid
down their arms, there has never been
a governor of Georgia who has done
less for them, as a class, or who so
frequently violated promises made to
them, as has Governor Harris.
In 1914, when Governor Harris came
to my office to induce me not to run
for Governor, because he said talk of
my candidacy was preventing him from
getting a hearing before the people, he
made the positive promise that he
would not offer for election in 1916.
This declaration was subsequently re
peated, but has never been fulfilled.
To conclude, Harris, Hardman and
Pottle are but pawns in a desperate
conspiracy, and I am but an obstacle
to be destroyed, in order that my po
litical carcass may be hung up in full
view of the stete and of the nation as
a warning to all prosecuting attorneys.
The result of this conspiracy—its
success or failure—rests with the peo
ple. Their fight is my fight against
the power of money and the combined
hosts of professional vpoliticians.
Watch the polls, watch the politi
cians, watch the convention, and the
victory is ours!
Respectfully,
HUGH M. DORSEY. ¢/
THr= LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1916,
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John B. Hutcheson, of Ashburn,
Turner county, candidate for one cf
the three places on the bench of the
state court of appeals, is a native
Georgian.
He was born and reared at Jones
boro, Clayton county, Ga.
As a young man he taught schoo!
in Clayton and Fayette counties, in
order to pay his way through col
lege.
He served as solicitor of the city
court of Jonesboro.
He has served as mayor of Jones
boro.
He has been in the active practice
of the law in Georgia for the past
thirty years.
He served as representative from
Turner county in the legislature which
has just adjourned.
In that legislature he was joint au
thor, as a member of the prohibition
caucus committee, of Georgia's present
prohibition bills.
He was floor leader in the house
against the Savannah recall bill
which was an attack upon the enforce
ment of the prohibition law in that
city.
He is a trustee of the Georgia Nor
mal and Industrial College at Mil
ledgeville and has devoted much time
to that institution.
He is indorsed by some of the fore
most among former judges of the su
preme court and court of appeals; and
by some of the present and ex-judges
of the superior courts, as well as by
the bar of his home city and neigh
boring communities.
He is thoroughly qualified for the
position.
It is upon this basis only that he
asks the support and influence of the
voters of Georgia.
THE REVIVAL
The revival services at the Cen
tral Christian church began yes
terday morning with a good at
tendance.
Bro. St. John arrived on the
carly morning train, very tired
from a long railroad journey, yet
his work shows he ils the right
man in the right place.
The house was filled before the
time for evening services to be
gin. The chorus and congrega
tional singing began promptly at
eight o'clock under the direction
of Bro. St. John, who again dem
onstrated that he is master of his
work. No doubt the chorus will
develop rapidly under his guid
atnce and direction.
The sermon, “The First Battle
Between Man and the Devil,” by
Bro. Orahood was a masterpiece
of logic and clearness. He touch
ed upon some of the erroneous
teachings that have developed
from the so-called “Fall of Man,”
and clearly showed the true rela
tionship of the first transgressions
to mortals of the present day;
and that sin came into the world
as a dircet violation of God’s ex
press command. His remarks
were illuminating and much more
specific than the usual sermon
upon this important, if remote,
event. ’
This evening his subject will
be, “The Bible.” As the Bible is
the basis of our present civiliza
tion, it will well repay anyone to
devote this evening to this dis
course. Both the old and new
Testaments will be considered,
and the whole as the revelation of
God to man which reached its
fullness in Christ. The New
Testament is the book upon
which the Christian religion is
founded and contains the teach
ings of Christ and is God’s will
concerning us.
The song services will begin
tonight at 7:45 instead of 8:00, as
previously announced. The en
tire service will be completed by
nine o'clock.
Cordele Dispatch: Sam Coney,
of Fitzgerald, spent the week-end
with home folks.
Visiting cards, for ladies or
gentlemen, $l.OO per 100. De
livered the same day ordered at
the Leader-Enterprise. . TF
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YON SCHOOL SUPE Jud veshi
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Monday, Tuesday and '
September 4th, sth, anGa® 2
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all school children on the same liberal plan which characterizes all tH
this reliable Drug Store usually puts on for the grown-ups. - 1
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PROMINENT CHATHAM |
POLITICIAN ON FENCE
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2—A prom
inent Chatham county politician
who happens at the present time
to be on the fence, for reason of
his own, was a visitor at the capi
tol yesterday and regaled a few
of his intimate friends with a
most amusing account of the leg
islative race in his home commu
nity.
Representatives Myrick and
Jackson, of the 1915-16 delegation
from Chatham county, are run
ning for re-clection. Representa
tive Shuptrine, the other mem
ber of the delegatios, is not a can
didate, having gotten such a dose
of the methods employed to oust
Mayor W. J. Pierpont from oifice
that he retired from politics, not
withstanding his anti-prohibition
views. To fill his place, Repres
entative Myrick and Jackson
have taken in A. A. Lawrence,
senator from the First 'district
during the session of 1913-16, as a
running mate.
Against this combination the
Law Enforcement League of Sa
vannah, which backed Mayor \V.
J. Pierpont in closing the saloons
on May 1, and which was instru
mental in defeating the Savannah
recall bill, which had for its pur
pose the removal of Mayor Pier
pont from office, have put three
strong candidates in the field.
According to the above-men
tioned visitor from Chatham
county, Messrs. Myrick, Jackson
and Lawrence are having hard
sledding even with their anti-pro
hibition friends, for the reason
that word has gone abroad in Sa
vannah that the legislature, being
an extremely prohibition body,
has taken too much of a liking
to Messrs.! Myrick, [ackson and
Lawrence. In fact, they are so
popular with the legislature, as
demonstrated during the recent
session, that their advocacy of a
measure 1s certain death, and
their opposition to a measure is a
reasonable guarantee of its pass
age. And of course the anti-pro
hibition faction in Savannah, be
ing nothing if not practical, seem
inclined to take the view that
Chatham might try another set of
representatives, even for policy’s
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Eating a Good |
Meal Is Easy !
How and where to buy it is a great
problem to many housewives - - .
You get results when youbuy your groceries
from us. You get quality and quantity for
a very moderate price. That is the secret of
buying for a ‘good meal.’ Try it.
Too busy to enumerate the many good’ :
things to eat. But follow the crowd té, X
our store and find what you want. g
Your Grocer, :
L. O. TISDEL
\ Phones 25 and 113 :
sake if nothing clse.
Meanwhile, said the Chaham .
visitor, the Law Enforcement.
League is conducting a whirl
wind campaign for strict CllfOl'C@-:
ment of the prohibition laws and |
a general program of civic purity.
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“THROW DOWN THE FANS”
YELLS THE DIRECTOR, i
AND HIS ASSISTANT, ‘
DOES IT ;
.
One of the most exciting scenes
in “The Fugitive,.”.” the Pathe
Gold Rooster play produced by
Thanhouser, which will be pre
sented at the Grand Theatre on
Tuesday, is the fire in the factory
in which Florence Laßadie stops
a panic, and one of the most thril
ling details was an accident.
The girls fleeing from the fire,
were pushing down a stairway
‘with the smoke shot over their
‘heads by electric fans. Frederick
‘Sullivan, the director behind the
camera, saw the smoke was not
pouring low enough. “Down
with the fans,” he yelled, “throw
them down,” meaning, of course,
for his assistants to turn the
current of air downward, but one
of his assistants in his excitement
took Mr. Sullivan literally. He
‘picked up one of the whirling fans
-and hurled it down the stairs. It
bounced through the crowd in a
'manner that brought startling ac
tion. “I've worked for directors
who swore,” said one girl at the
ivnd of the scene, “but I never be
fore worked for one who had
things thrown at me.”
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} IF YOU KNEW ME
!If I knew you and and you knew
' me :
Bl ])OEE of us could clearly see,
And with an inner sight divine
The meaning of your heart and
mine,
I'm sure that we would differ
less
And clasp our hands in friendli
ness;
Our thoughts would pleasantly
agree
If T knew you and you knew me.
| —Nixon Waterman.
AGED WOMAN SEES FOR
! FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE
Dawn perched in the window
of the St. Francis hospital, San
Francisco, and found a woman |
waiting. A bird chirped on the |
window sill. “So this is day?”
mused the old woman. And that
is a bird. An}i these are flowers.
It is all just a§ I dreamed it would
be?’
“Yes,” repeated the nurse.
“This is day, and that is a bird
and those are flowers.” :
The woman was Mrs. Mary
O’Farrell, who saw daylight for
the first time a few days ago. She
had been blind for sixty-two
years. Dr. Aaron Green had per
formed the operation that
brought light out of darkness.
All night long the Woman waited
restless’ for the day so that she
might enjoy the things she had
visualized in her years of darl- 1
ness. b ¢
“And what siuthe moyf, *eatt J
ful thing you hope to &7 -
quired the nurse. / b’
“I have already sedp it,” w
the reply. “It was 'my boy- |
big boy whom I never saw I}l v
last night. My only regret isf
I never say my husband, th. =
died before my vision was restc )
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Mrs. O'Farrell’s son, 24 years
old, visited her at the hospital on l
the night of the operation. At
his own suggestion he was pre
; sented as her physician. But the
instant he spoke she was in his
arms. To her eyes he was
a stranger, but her ears recogniz
ed the pet and purpose of all her
life.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Raw white potato laid on a soft
cloth with potato next to the
skin is very good as a remedy for
burns.
Mix gasoline and flour together
to form a thick paste to clean gar
ments. Rub this paste well into
’the material to be cleansed. Then
hang the garment up to dry. Af
ter the gasoline has evaporated
brush out the flour with a stiff
cloth brush.