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| Taft’s Secretary Cites Record
I Attacking the Colonel in
Harvester Scandal.
p WASHINGTON. May IS.—That for
j \ mer President Roosevelt compelled his
A V a,torr| ey general to drop the prosecu
tibn of the International Harvester
Company‘in the fail of 1909, eighteen
I months prior to the colonel's retirement
■s from office, is the statement of Charles
D. Hilles, secretary to President, Taft,
k a who turn d up unexpectedly o' Wash
■ _ ington last night. Mr. Hilles, after giv
p Ing out the statement at the unite
(house, hurried back to join the presi
dent'- party in < thio today.
“I have < ome to Washington to get
f Unite I'"State. Attorney Townsend’s
I statement in reference to the Harvester
trust.' rajs the statement. Townsend
was in 1907 one of 'he attorney? in tin
I department of.justii' and had made an
.1 investigation of charges against the lu
ll ternational H.irvester Company.
Ll ■ Roosevelt Charmed by p erkins.
h 'Pl"’ 'dent Ro'v i > eit's trim expir'd
F two years :ift> tm- matter had ben
‘placed in the hands of the prosecuting
■A officer as the result of an investiga
tion. It is quite apparent from the n i •
| ord that civil ami crmmil pruc-pilings
i wore about to begin, that about a ■>
Sand a half before Pre idem Roosevelt
went out of office <;<>orfce W. Perkin.?
took a hand in matters, and that in
I remarkably short time thereafter tie
p wnole matter was suppr-: rod. stifled
A strangled <>i ,m, through some other
proc* ■ 'l'ch. m wii.-'ti vr ,■ nnim you
I, * <■’" it. 1 have i"i I’ouht '."as quite cal
■ i I" to-" :o tin er • ■: "I If ■
I b.-.d<, -vas resmmsiiil ■> for it besides
1 I’eysidep- r .. |. ■ i| .’ ofli< lab acting
K <l' i. - mil,. - ,;i ’U’. tions. ;t doe ?
w riot appear fiom me ie ord.
K "Mr Townsend iiecan His inquiry in
B _ (fie m.”'i|ig of Jtinii. i'ii l-’oli: miry 21.
g 19'97 ’.lr Ito;. .p;i|”.. f ■■! asm i■' ed Town
i;oml'i ro|..."i -o T'-iind States I’isi’-t
Attorney Sims at (Tiii .igo, Inst i noting
l Ijinj to take up lit" mat‘er. with •< view
t : the mstiluti'ii of criminal prosecu
tion against tlo Individuals ami o.po
ration? impln .itoc Mr. Towns' ml ha'-i
in;-. rr’i-’Otiiniondcri pri>W'"i!l ion
■‘Sim? wrote that if the r»nort ’proves
[• to bo correct o:• my judge' .mt that
V civil proeocdiiigs “ * cm suc
cessfully maintained against ‘ho hur-
I y ari■ as >' ..mi ■ a,' tp - ' i nl' el'
could be secured to convii I tin corpo
ration and possibly a nuin."’i of tl’.e in
jflK ’duals cop. "riii'd.
| , "J'' 'Ms written statement Tow Ipse mi
’ si’i.y.s that in •■■■■■ • prine of llffiS Im w.i
Il abr i pt' ’’ ordei d I" ’ll l P" '*!' i oust
'( <"t,m otg.i'ntzcr of Ills • ‘or :’"ii‘tf.
> <, j "d ,'tpo,i .'Jr. Honanart< in uinipmr
vvji.ii 111 I" rl Ivie t: : . ii ’!’. <i t; 1 . I t'lm
I 'yrus 11. Me ' .rm •k. ley . ■•■iii' .’-l'"I
i Mr. fb-oia p.i. i- 1 .■ i .uvo:iman;■ t h-- m ■ci i
visit lo I. sidc’i' Ik" ’Sv \* i' lor
purpos'- "f lading the pri u ’ ' •
ref rm ! mti 1 o' ing the bit's ■ : 1
| trtl t. '.I" f’oeii i'n I to riTin-'■' Ii " I"
j a poll rl’ ■ gi'i iml th, l ' Im'
r st.i'r-mi iit fiieil by th" harvePlor iru." l
I \L ;i ■ iI. i■lf i.' I ' ’ I' l ‘ll ■ill■' l 1 ’ 11 ’ ' 1 ■
' , .mi ~f ibe av aitii, l.ierefore, he <Mr.
Ronapartei would not stultify him.-' If
tempo) izing wph the subject in anj
l imn’icr.
ri Roosevelt birders Suppression.
‘ ' "Th iea ft": .'Hr. ”• kin - ml M:
k 1.11 inn i ' ' M 'f' "W" '
nil erviewcj .1 ’•-.■ .d 1 a . 1 tocse , elt and j
n i ■ i . .I cd i - i 't
| nr.is. - uti' tlw "ar. trit: : and mort- :
' i" ther. iftm IT' ‘don't Rim.v’iTlt In- ;
mi U, fed- Attorney il' iieriil Bonaparte j
not to take a' I ion.
■■"[Tese paiic's' show ll'.'t the bar- I
Xl 'i.'r trust was about :o be pr"’," uted
fol .etiaiing. blit pr'iiiiisetl I” do bettir,
‘ |'v o 111 IS I WI ■ :■ .1 II" 1 .11 'O t I " dll
, . arm.' gem iiii. toiler tru-ts. prims
|\ pji not of the bcm ."lent variety, ivero
I 1 " p|,',| io. rebating ai d had to settle in
f I "" courts. .
I ■]’. . s,ppf": «■• ■!, '■ Ipm s show al: a
n.'ii 'b-'orgc AV. I'eikiii.- «.’■ referred to
a- the : epi e.‘||. titatii cof the 'far-reach
il,_ , yp .pgan ni l' i" ind t. '■ Mr !'■ r-
■„ -aid to I'oimiii. loner Smith that,
if the harvest" mist was to be at
i . -kfil, tli-m the Morgan iroer sinvier,
■g.iina to 'light.' whereupon Mr. Smith
v!,.'. to President Roos'-velt that ‘ii is
a vi rj practical question whether it is
ii'di to thro" awaj now do great inllu
(lf the so-ealled Morgan inter-
i "Piisident Roosevelt had sent the
.1 rrpo’t ’O th- attmioy general with
[ f tn, a d tie t ion :
■•■j’lease d.<> nm til’ the suit till I hear
f fiom j ou."
■‘l'olonel Rooi'evolt m t the damaging
g. ,: 1.,...'ur»- be a> Tig that Mi Taft, as a
pi' inbf: of his cabinet, had advised the
L ".'po'i that sub: ■ ipu ntly was taken.
M 'The reeorrls of the war department
’’ then introduced by President Taft
Isl show that In 'he fall "f lim, he was
an nt from the country. Colonel
r; . f , s ."vpjt then shifted his ground and
. 0,1 that President Taft approved the
I. oipp..’S-inti of the suit after his return
k ATLANTA PROPERTY
COSTING $3,609 IN 1879
BRINGS $50,000 IN 19T2
Mrs. Asinath Ivy has sold th- house
lo’. ~ 119 Walton street for I profit
of >4l;,ton and tin price paid her by
Ji .’ Janie B. l.iinufotd vas ”nlj Sjii,-
mio. H S Ivy, 'lie first mail born in
A'lanta. bought tin bl?.'- in 15,"9 for
> t>'"t. In the 'T. j'"' ■ that have
c'ip-'I the- p-op‘rtj g'adually ha? ac-
V c,ul: the neo. value. The lot i; 11)0
p. jr e >, ma! ing paid for ft
’i"fi per front foot
'“J“"s p to U. S. BBLS ID RED CROSS GIRLSWILL
Knock Spots Off PET D|p| HWISQ HIKE Wl SCOUTS TO
— “tl fill LUIWOI SILVER LAKE SUNDAY
schools today handed in 300 pledges
from the cit.zens’i.f i" catur t- etean Teclinol-'xjical. Literary, and
up and beautify their homes and prop- *’
erty. This is a part of the I'e atm' BIISinCSS Departments WHI Oterro -
cleaning-up campaign whl< h ha been N
carried on with sue. ■ „ thumghout th- H IVC JOlllt EXCI'C’ISCS. \ '
month of May by the town council and 'A - - \l ft ' <•<•:. ]
‘ r ''W..
suit of this campaign . and resi- ei s and vak i< ' !
toes, huv been carted oil ; uriuc: ■ .mhl- ”" 1 ' ‘ ' ’’ v for t ■ I, I' .;<> | s.i
ded. and fencs painted. . -L''i t- "‘7 B ''S
Dr. Wiley Anslej a id charge of ak "t, ‘ Tin ■ '' ■ '/."S ;
the sanitary work . arri d out bj th- A ,,. „ .. n , ■ k
council, and W. H. S Hamilton has l uik i. !;■ ■ it , ‘ Jk
been largely responsible tor the ini- This, ok' arc tv JmK
provements in lic.atur I '' '<■? |
,In the cont.t for tie pledges th. fifth H[ . ■, u , , \
greatest nutnbet of pl dges, H 5 The .ft \
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H OF HEALTH
SCORES COUNCIL
Meiubei; of the hoard of health do
not like tiio way lotitmirs finance com
mittee bar liainiled iheii iV’iorn incr.da
tion foi a garbage disposal plant. They
said today 111 it the ai'jnn of th" .-mn
niitli-e is a cheap piece of "peanut ooli
ths," an.; they intend lo stand on
their original reeoiniiienila t ion. nn m.it
ter what the tinnnin r-ciinfii t< e do: ■;-■
The hoard of health re oinuwndi-d i Im
a. ecptauee of he -$ iiiii.imo bid of ■ in
Destructor Company of X. y.. Tii
finance coiii'uit; <•- has h 1.1 tip :In in ' -
ter fo>' ten days in o'-det io hear tmw
propositions from oth-i ■■■ .up nr i-
“Duty of Council to Furnish Funds,"
After <-xpr-Ssing his disapproval T
the action of the linatm. omniiitee, Jir.
XX'. I, (li'l-ei t, pr. si ten I of I il< boa >-! of
health, invited all the otiwr im-nibcr- to
do Ilk; w ise. Tile,', iliinted'a 1 ely . eu.oll-1.
cd in eaus’tie |<-riiis. The un.illlmon ■■ I
opinion of the'board v.as tli.it the- duty i
of the finarmi coin am,, was to pro-|
vide the money ami pot decide what |
sort of dispo,- li [limit the city tmi d- |
They said it -,\'.is m in; nit to I lie '" . :
I diligence of Im boa rd of hi.ai I h I■ • Ila V- I
the recommendation on which they It • 1 I
spent months; "f work thus igii I.
This is the sc. end hwh h. ' we.n
council and one of the administrative
boards within the last few days. Tin
other hoard to protest was th* park
board regarding the council's interfer
ence with Sunday swimming. Ilttt the
council and the finance committee hold
the reins of authority, though the rec
ommendations of the administrative
boards are usually accepted.
100 COUPLES DANCE AT
GRADY TROOPERS’ BALL
The <: sly '"ideis, th. i miktug cm,,
pan' of the Third battalion of llm Fifth
infantry, gave a bail in Taft hall. Au
ditorium -Armon . I i;;t night Xearly
100 couple; .ail'-nderi. The o■m <■ Has
chapel orifsi ]>• Cohiilf and i; I ■
P. n ,l apt,llli a.,. . .! 11. -
dard and ( apt tin and Mrs. XV. H. Leahy. ■
TTTR ATI ' ' I ’ ’ S VfTKriVY. t' AV IS, 111?.
uiploiiias mid Sup.-' irit":>den: v, lib,no
XI Slaton v.ili award the pit.ar and
■ ■ liola rship .. R- v. A If llm drm h:i .-
been sei-'Cted to open tile program wi'ii
l?r: yer. Th ■ olive for the exercises ha.
not ben i-lr’-'ti.
Sev.’,iiy-five students will reia-ive
■-it;,lonia this year. Thirty a.- I'riim
I the liter.ivy (lipa "I blent of the I 'm,:
I Hii.ii hoe! :: id .’»i from i !i< liu m
ih-piiry- Hl. X n a■: . f■ mu lie
T. e’mio ~gji a! High school.
Tim ’g: ad’iu t ill- class of tie. litmar; '
d»'pa rlnierii of Ihe Boy • High s.elum!
i- follows: Isadora Abclson I?-. i
Xin ruatiiy. X. ,i Andrews, Gr-mim I
i;. ■ ,i i.. Rti -on .1. f lonil, 11:. •i > • i
Frm -. Hewitt 'V. < Ti;c-,Tm'. - ' 'l,o', w
N. < ’rocker, Charles .XI. I’m. is. 1 m n ''.
Inui.-. Xme ■ H. Fra ■ . H.w. • ' 1 ■ ■ -
man, t ar' ' ;.fid- niit F. T I'. < : re. idle d,
«;• : rii 11d.is. Sainton 11< nicy, d ‘hn
VV Hill Hal Hulsey. I.mr I. -t’ \\
XV Ahi.!. Wiillam 1 ' XI 11hews. lhm
eri .Vim I-, Cam..- Xt< C].imroei;, A i
.1. I’attm nil, Hold A. I’inkilssohn. Ab
]>. if I Smidyr.iss. Holm Swann, (oil!..
XV. Walter, ''mi thmd S. Winn, John XV
ft itssm. .
Tin- graduating . lass of Hu busin.
dopa rt nmnt consist:- of Hrmst W.
Xd.d '. Ben H Bach. I'hm- im <>. Biar li
I vftl H. I -I' si- I- r i id-, S. < ■ lira -
losoph I’ranio- .Xlaiion S. Hamilton
Xbtm, It Hils. ii, Samm-I H Hir.-owilz.,
I’iidolr‘h XX', ,lorn a. .Xl'o-r 1.. Kahn, l.ou -
Id. I .an f 11. Horb.- ■ i II L* . Ben I,.i*■: i -
.f-nsfein, Hersehyl .Xlilhr, Loin.- .1. l’i<>
1 ... I; I>■ ■ i !-: rm .. Itoa ik. I ’lri: '<■- I i
Rus-'ll. badore Sli,mk|.-r, ri"d c
(smith. <'m n XVat'-rs Lews 11. XXhii.,
i||a,i.'. H William:. Burton Kun. >
[tv’yaif. Robert F XX vnn<?, Jr, Mandh
i Zaban.
Th<- s adiiaiin..- ■ of th' I’eco
IH m i 'boo h-i l.< t- i'Ht ini’ m-mi -
imrs :
Illi- Fa-" C. .1 Hli-'-w. I "Hi; I’dodK-
. l■:• a ! onll' Brudy. C: Brenrmr. Co. it
Lavis. T. .XI Todd, .1 w Fox. Rolu
(la'ii-' 11. Gorw-ri Hardwi' k. iirywi Hu
son, <' : iri‘iiii- Jordan, .Xlwartai’ Ko!-
lo< I<. .fames' .Xlellicham!■, I'alw.md Xew
ill, Hiitow Osborn, XX'alla.a Raid.--,
Pittman Sutton. Charles Young
FIREMEN QUIT WORK TO
ATTEND DOG'S FUNERAL
AI X<■< I \. t In a- :
tin- m- i> her- of th<- Xlimmi fir • dm si it - [
ii. ni a- iiair. : |. .■' - tic
ttitlotm. a l i"n<l>-d the fuiwr.a 1 w slvrdav
afternoon of a imnml dog neiiied !>..-ii
ibh w hich had heen the Ji'-t of th" lire
■m I tor thirtr"!’ years. The .big was .
i .m■ ii l.fi' l- of the/ (tv Tali . :o
I tr..p- ■ j’-e an <,p]-r->pri,its in: rriptii. il
• Iming raised above th*, grave.
■ ■ - 4 ”.
l>' A. Wt-yA iSW iSa
'
" < -?O
i lie- " Hire' L’trl' will hi ! ' ‘ " with th" Bri;-. rMo.uts to Sil-
V-" t l.lk ■ t rim.ii'i’i'w Above s Ml S;ul\ 'A Tiiilii r'2. of IIS
Capitol a.i’niio. I’elotv. at the. loft, is All- Rose l,u hteiisiwin.
iif i!' 1 : I I'.-ii!" fl" l. "ml at IT t'lE'i! ,\ij - Ida l.ielll llsteill,
of 2S,i Xorth •lai-ksi'ii sfrcel.
'Never Too Old to Kiss
Wife/ Asserts Judge;
' Hubby Thinks It Over
• 1 ;< ’ . ' ■ \ • from
today Ibank (lor- v. Hl appear in tho
court of 'i- : ( .i 1 ;• ii’< » lepoit
whether L- HI! believe. be h ‘no old
to i-, ■ if. .
giv ( n e :
hlore. po-voi s', h h ‘ ■ hand, who had
’ ’ I I ,'i . ■
for disorderly rnmiuD.
i “Era rd j fn <i f- -■ i—• .
. •i. •: i p i!' i' I I 1 »
how. TP> juiic- m-ked inquiring!.' at
I>. S mil- !>.•)»<>: .1 i‘l tin hn
! hajMi I thought we we?t- Ef'dting too
<dd for I h.t! aoi't “f t hin:;
“Never ion 4/ht» ' ‘hl judge. Then
he gave them a., week -o “make up.”
MOTORCYCLISTS WANT
TAIL LIGHTS ABOLISHED
| Mwiisr in Atlanta do hot want
E.-il L’y:'...- on ih'-ir i • ichin-<. am! the
' /Jetoroj. ele < hlh will I • to pc r> unde the
i * <u n<to fr. iJa "e\\ ordinance
eoneeriiing i.c- lights on all moving vc-
I hr' ’ an ;i) <'• i oft ycJ -•; not iill'iy
of the dub in the < itaind t* of t/mn~
merce rooms last right, Tne fact that
"a- wiatorcw ’< if setdori struck from he
h4l3d v. J! !-■: ihrer > girt argument. \
p-< u-l e appointed to take
the matter up with council.
Uirpp Young Women in Khaki
Join boon 2 as Nurses, and
Will March Six Miles.
?•‘ » !i 50 Boy S- eips of Atlanta.
Tr<op N<». .. -miJ Mi; • S-ol'-.e Woiri -
e. g j Ho; p and Ida Lichtenstein,
•' ii" hi- horn -I 1o - •<•<; o<-sr uu hilhi.-.
’ »«• r» - paring for Hifir 'eiio i<. Silver
I Lil' l t•e<»i; n■? . | '.<<■' a/*' going in
j if g,j i:> < ion uniform, with knapsa.k; and
. r <.< <j rjuri: , and wili . peed the day
•at th<> j;l i. ( .
i The young vomen ‘nave originated
I i a I'Ufia-Hif .Ai&lningub .work among
' Ho;-. S- <e ( y and -• Hl go real
r regulaiion nut -t ' Thf > .-a.\ they -an
-.•re fop anything from a broken arm
io a wounded eonf-rimce.
Tin s< outs, led . S. -uit Ma-ter
I raid .UargolHi, will take .3 Decatur |
■F' - ; *ar to Hi< eritl of Ibf lm» and
1 Haaik the remaining fix mid.-. !»imrr
I uill h* nrep.i i-('d by the boys ami the
FU-d <’ros> attaelu after arriving.
FULTON BANK PRESIDENT
ATLANTA CHAPTER HEAD
'.I. McWbiiter. of flu- Oilton Xa
lional Bank. li;< l.i i-n < b-< t< d president
of the Atlanta Chapter of tl ■ Anieri
-1 m Institute of Banking lor i'.i|_’.
Tile othft olli. 1 > iiir if I'. Wlilt
('11, viee pre, ol< nt Deeatnr Street
Bank; .1. H I.o< kliart, secretary. Ainer
ieaii Xation,.! |: "I. ' i< <l. i'- 11,
urr-r Third National B- nk. ’1 ho board
oft: pintle
I' trio'i . ii>. |u.i< j. II
: khan V M An... . on. r 'V
I. . nep.-, k 1 r-'I f: Il . i; - .
AT \\ inrtei* and <?. T . Whitten.
OHIO RM TO
FOTSWE
Roosevelt Men Declare Colonel
Will Win. But President Is
Confident.
fOLIBIBPS. OHIO. May IS.—The
battleground in the i ontest for the
presidential nomination in each of the
i«o big partie.- (•■ non centered in
Ohio, where for the first time in its
‘ hi.’toiy a pi evidential primary will be
laid op Tii’’sd.i\. Ma, 21. The Buck
'’. e Ti it - has two ' favorite son:- '' in
ihe field. President Taft and Governor
Judson A. Harmon, one of whom is bat
tling sot reriinninati m at the bands of
the Republicans and the other strug
gling for h" elevation from the govern
orship to the presidency through the
support of the Democrats.
The names of candidates on the pri
mary ballots are as follows.
Republicans: -Robert M. T,aFollette,
William H. Taft and Theodore Roose
velt.
Democrats -Judson Harmon and
Wbodroii Wilson.
In the Republican party both the Taft
a id Roosevelt organizations are mak
ing ' laim-- of victory.
At the Roosevelt headquarters it was
predicted today that the colonel would
capture a majority of the district dcle
g'i< . and it was further unofficially
claimed that he would sweep the state.
Taft Forces Control Committee.
The Tafl forces control the state cen
tral and executive commitlees, the con
gifssionul organization and 75 of the S 8
eount y committeemen.
They claim they will sweep the state,
■ apturing • ery district delegate and all
1 he dcl' gatee-aI -large.
While S, nator La.Follette still has an
organizafion. if i? believed that he will
rim a poor third, though his. supporters
hope to Imo, him ride to victory on the
• cre-'i of the wave of dissatisfaction oc-
■ iirioni'd by the Roosevelt-Taft contro
versy .
Bryan Leads Fffiht on Harmon.
In the Domoci'aiic party a stronger
fight has probably been made than in
'tiy other state in the Union. Governor
Judson Harmon, who was elected to his
office by the largest majority ever given
•i l>emocrat. is seeking the state delega
tion to Baltimore as opposed to the
andidnr.v of Governor Woodrow Wil
son There ha been a great deal of in
.’urgency against Governor Harmon,
and prominent men of his party, in
cluding William Jennings Bryan, have
i I'lcrcd the state in opposition to him.
Howe'er. the Harmon men control the
Democratic state organization and
show little sign of worrimfent over the
out come
Tbc Republican primary Is designed
to select 12 district delegates, some in
i trii' t'-d. others uiiinsf ructed. to the na
tional i oiiveni ion. In addit ion to these
del'gal' . six delegates-at-large will be
cho-en directly at the primary, while
other districts will soleci delegates to a
'■ounty convention, which in turn will
choose the delegates to the state con
vention.
Instructed Delegates.
The Democrats will hold what is
known as a ‘‘preferential’ primary, in
'triii ting all of the district delegates to
Lite Baltimore convention.
From the start the campaign in Ohio
lias been spectacular, and special trains
bat'- hen dodging about from city to
barnlel in the int- iests of one candi
date or another. If was at Columbus,
in an address before the constitutional
< oin ci,' i'tn, that Colonel Roosevelt
tljrr.w hi? hat into.the ring, and ii was
it Toledo a short time later that Presi
dent Taft gave it his first vigorous
kick. Since I hen the war has raged in
termittently, and neither side has
i-'-ernod to have the advantage.
The result of the primary will be
■ rueiul to the Republican candidates.
Should Colonel Roosevelt qppture a ma
jority of the delegates to the Chicago
■ onvention from the president’s home
state, it is believed that Mr. Taft's can
didacy will be pronounced hopeless and
a "dark horse” will IM groomed for the
| race. If. on the other hand, the presi-
I dent slinuid receive an unqualified in
i dorsement from Ohio Republicans, it is
li-onirded that, this would largely offset
| the adverse effect of the Illinois and
I Pennsy lx an la primaries, arid place Mr
let in a eommaridlng position.
LIAN< IE GETS ALL.
THAT HER CYRIL HAD
SAVE: LINCOLN CENT
i Hl' AtlO. II.D, May IS If Cyril
. t'orzeny . of Chi’ago. ever embarks up
. () n th l r: ' of matrimony he will be
■ | ..-hi a an experienced navigator, al-
i though he I unmarried.
He we: nearly married yesterday.
I.a-t night he sat in a room at his
home that was hare of furniture and
looked ala loaf of bread, a can of beer
and h Lincoln penny—his only pos
sessions.
A fev dav? ago I'orzenv, having
saved up a little money, decided it was
lime to get married He sent to Bing
hamton. .X Y.. for Mary Tokos, whom
bad known years ago.
I ll got mopey to furnish a flat and
buy you all the prettv thing you
want." Cyril told his fiancee on her ar
i ival.
"I have $32 in my trunk,” he told his
fiancee later. “We have spent S2OO on
the house and SSO for your things, and
we have $32. and I have a job. I guess
we are going to lie happy.”
"Hut you forgot the trading stamps.” .
interrupted the girl "Go back and get
them and I will wait.”
Mary wa- not there when I'y ril re
inin'd with tlo stamps. Neither wa
th' I'm nit'ire. |
NEW WATER SUPERINTENDENT.
JACKSON. GA May I v W E
Merck "f Eash",-. S ' . lias been elect
ed uperintendf nt of the waterworks i
and "lei trh light plant of the citv of
tel. "a to -ucceefl V> D Nicholson
wit" has rr igii‘"l to take effect June 1.
ID StH|CS
News and Gossip Concerning
the Candidates and Their
Friends in Georgia.
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By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Not a great many people recall how
things looked around and about the
then capitol of Georgia in reconstruc
tion days—and maybe they didn’t look
ae badly in this state as they did in
South Carolina, anyway—but Friday’s
smoky appearance of things in the hall
of the house of representatives must
have seemed something like the old
thing, nevertheless.
The'i-e were gathered in that hall of
state legislation some 125 “insurgent”
Roosevelt delegates to a ‘‘rump” state
Republican convention, and more than
100 of them were negroes.
Among the negro delegates present
were some rattling good speakers, too.
One portly Rev. Somebody of deepest
midnight hue fairly made the welkin
ring for a. ten minutes round early in
the proceedings; and the tumultuous
applause which greeted his every sally,
particularly when directed against the
militant Democracy or the standpat Re
publicans, was worth going several city'
blocks to hear.
The way this delegate rolled The-o
--dor-r-r-r-e Rr-r-r-00-se-velt under his
tongue and out over the heads of his
audience was impressive tn the extreme
—and It never failed to start the noise.
There wasn’t much foolishness about
that convention, either. Tt was all-for
and nobody else ever had a
look-in. According to several orators,
the colonel t s the greatest, grandest,
fairest, squarest, bravest, strongest, no
blest —well, everything except the pret,
tiest—president this country ever has
had, or possibly may hope to have!
It is worthy of note in passing, per
haps, that this convention was com
posed exclusively of non-officeholders,
among whom were several well known
"exes.”
Politics also unmakes strange bed
fellows now and then—particularly
Georgia politics.
The Democrats doubtless would
enjoy the scrap between the colo
nel and the president, if only they
might find a little enjoying time be
tween scraps in their own house
hold.
Eormer Representative and Senator
Roland Ellis, of Bibb, is an Atlanta vis
itor.
Mr. Ellis Is serving a brief term as
solicitor of the city court of Macon, but
is devoting as much of his time as he
can to the prosecution of his race, for
solicitor of the superior court of ths
Macon circuit.
The race between Mr. Ellis and
Judge John P. Ross for this office ts
one that is attracting great attention
throughout the state. Both are widely
known and have figured conspicuously
in state politics.
When Mr. Ellis first announced hi?
ambition for the solicitorship it-looked
as if he was to be elected without op
position, particularly as Judge Ross had
previously announced in Mr. Ellis' fa
vor. In some way, however, these two
erstwhile political cronies drifted apart,
and now are opposing candidates.
Judge Ross has served as city court
magistrate in .Macon, and has a record
upon which he is depending confidently
in his present race. Roland Ellis is
generally acknowledged to be one of
Georgia's most brilliant attorneys.
The secret words of admission
into Friday’s “insurgent” Republi
can convention in Atlanta surely
must, have been. “Keep it dark!”
"What they will do with Tom
Watson is a difficult question to
answer,” avers The Dalton Citi
zen. Still, It doesn't seem to be
puzzling Thomas E. particularly. t
Ed Cole, one of Bartow’s most pro
gressive young men, has practically de
termined to be a candidate for the leg
islature in the August primaries.
Heretofore Mr. Cole has taken no di
rect interest In politics, and his an
nouncement for the house will come as
something in the nature of a genuine
surprise to his friends throughout the
state.
He has been remarkably successful
in his business career, however, and it
is more than likely that, his election
from Bartow will be uncontested.
Eugene V. Debs is to run for
president again. Running for pres
ident seems to be Mr. Debs’ pet
habit.
The president admits that Ohio
is lo be "the turning point” in the
race for the Republican nomina
tion. It is going to be the jumping
off place for somebody, apparently.
Former State Senator J. L. Weavet
of Gilmer '"ounty. in the Forty-first sen
atorial district, who was temporary
chairman of the "insurgent" Republi
can convention in ADunta Friday, had
the distinction of representing in the
senate of 1906-08 the one lone senato
rial district in Georgia that ever returns
a Republican to the general assembly.
This district is composed of the
mountainous counties in northeast
Georgia; and the inhabitants thereof
are, and have been for many years,
largely affiliated with the G. O. P.
Every now and then—about once in
eight years—the Democrats muster suf
ficient strength to put their Republican
enemies down and out in the old For
ty-first, but they have to dig around in
tin' byways and hedges for votes when
they do win out even tlwn.
The Republicans of Gilmer and Fan
nin and Pickens look upon their party
faith as something in the nature of a
religion, and it is a haul matter to g> t
by with a Democrat up there
The present senator from the Forty
first, I Ft Kincaide. is one of the infre -
quent Democratic visitors that dought’
political division of Georgia sends to
the capitol in Atlanta now and then.
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