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MILEAGE BILL IS
PASSED AFTEH
' STIFF FIGHT
Measure Now Ready for Gov
r ernor’s Signature—Blue Sky
Act Goes Through.
Thp house buckled right down to
hard work today, the last day of the
session, and disposed rapidly of much
proposed legislation.
JThe bill to require railroads in Geor
gia to "pull" mileage on their passen
ger trains, instead of requiring that it
be exchanged for tickets before use,
was passed by a vote of*94 to 12.
The enactment of this law closes a
long fight made by the traveling men
of Georgia to force the railroads to han
dle their mileage in a more convenient
way. Tt was bitterly opposed by the
railroads, but the traveling men brought
tremendous influence to bear upon the
legislature.
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to
draw a check on a bank when the par
ty issuing the check has not sufficient
funds in th? bank to meet the same, was
tabled by a vote of 79 to 40.
Power Companies Hit.
This bill was debated vigorously, and
the house,was importuned to pass it.
but it evidently met with the approval
of only a small minority.
A bill to put power companies in
Georgia, under the same rule with re
spect to damages that now applies to
the railroads was passed by the over
whelming vote of 125 to 14. This meas.
ure was opposed vehemently by Mr.
Wimberly, of Bibb, who spoke at length |
against it. He said it was offered only '
for the purpose of enabling "shyster" |
lawyers to bring numerous damage j
suits against power companies, and
that it opened the way for a lot of
cheap practice.
Mr. Defore, of Bibb, in speaking
against the bill, attacked his colleague.
Mr. Hall. He referred to Mr. Hall's
supposed representation of certain
companies affected by the bill, and said
he was not surprised at his attitude,
therefore, which favored the bill.
Mr. Defore's remarks brought forth a
sharp reply from Mr. Hall, who “called
down” his colleague for his "unfair
and unwarranted" suggestions.
• Blue Sky BUI Passed.
The bill was then passed, and, al
though Mr. Wimberly tried to get it re
considered, he received no encourage
ment.
Senator Felker's modified "blue sky”
bill, aimed at fraudulent and question
able transactions in mine, oil and other
stocks, was passed without a dissenting
vet*
This bill seeks to regulate the trad
ing in stocks and bonds in Georgia, and
had the backing of numerous banking
and trust companies throughout the
state.
Bills to permit school districts to is
sue bonds for the purpose of erecting
school houses: to increase the member
ship of the state board of health from
eleven to twelve, and to procure a por
trait of the late General Clement A.
Evans, for use in the capitol, were
passed. >
Lieutenant Governor Act Delayed.
Unless the house changes its indiffer
ent attitude toward senate bills, the of
fice of lieutenant governor, as provided
in the McElreath constitutional amend
ment. will not pass this session. While
the upper house has approved the
amendment, its transmission to the low
er house for concurrence was blocked
until action was taken on a series of
senate bills on the same subject, now
before the house.
Senator Mann, sponsor for the sen
ate measure, explained that the Mc-
Elreath amendment was Imperfect un
less accompanied by his bills provid
ing two amendments to the constitution
and two changes in the code.
Changes in the present game law ad
vocated by State Game and Fish Com
missioner Mercer and the Georgia Game
association, were passed by the senate
today.
The new change will switch the open
ing date of the game season from De
cember 1 to November 20—a change
urged by hunters over the state so'as to
include Thanksgiving day in the open
season. The closing date of the open
season. March 1, was not changed.
Migratory ducks were included In the
list of partially protected birds, with a
bag limit of 50. Larks and blackbirds,
heretofore protected, were placed in the
list of unprotected birds.
Agree on Appropriations.
After lopping off 17,500 from the ap
propriation of $12,500 to Milledgeville
• Normal school the senate today agreed
with the house on the main features of
the deficiency appropriations bill, ex
pending about ..160.000. Special appro,
priations to the First, Third and Fourth
district agricultural schools and the
academy for the deaf, totaling $29,500,
were approved.
Senators agreed to the reduction in
' the Milledgeville appropriation after a
conference between the governor and
members of the senate committee. An
increase of SIO,OOO in the maintenance
fund of the University of Georgia, said
to be agreeable all around, was in
cluded. The SI,OOO appropriated by the
house for new weights and measures
was defeated in the senate.
EIGHTH SLAYER DIES IN
CHAIR IN THREE DAYS
AUBURN. N. Y„ Aug. 14.—The
eighth name was added to the toll ex
acted this week by the electric chair
when John Maruszewski. an Erie eoun
t\ murderer, was executed today. Two
high power contacts of 1.850 tolts at 9
amueros were necessary to produce
death Maruszewski killed Polio man
t narii Schaffer and Frank Kosack, a
countryman.
Atlanta Business Men Masters of Their Craft
g] MORGAN A CANDY MAKER
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Brooks AForpan. vice president anti manaper of rne Frank E. Block Candy Company, who
knows as much about making candy as his most skillful employees.
« NEEDLESS,
SAYS CHAMBERS
Candidate for Mayor Admits.
However, City’s Problems
Need Attention.
Following Aiderman John S. Can
dler's striking interview on conditions
In Atlanta, published in The Georgian,
Councilman Aldine* Chambers, candi
date for mayor, tpday gave out the
first formal statement of his views.
In-part, he said:
“While I see no occasion to be
alarmed at conditions in Atlanta. I ad
mit there are problems' requiring the
utmost energy and most careful consid
eration. Rut we have never seen the
day in our wonderful growth when this
was not the case.
“The extension of our limits added
100 per cent to our territory and almost
1,000 per cent to our mnicipal needs.
“The $3,000,000 bond issue has tem
porarily increased the strain on the
city treasury through the sinking fund
commission.
“The decision of the county commis
sion to spend $1,000,000 worth of work
on the city sewers instead of SIOO,OOO
worth has delayed street work corre
spondingly.
Means Big Improvements.
. “But the legislature has amended
the charter, giving the council the right
to revolutionize the street department.
It will mean wonderful improvements.
"Officials have come to realize the
need of more improved machinery for
the street department.
"There should be more co-operation
between the city departments Each
should know at all times what the oth
ers are doing.
“Four years ago the widening of
Marietta street was considered a gi
gantic undertaking. Today wo realize
it was just a beginning. Similar plans
are being taken up in al! sections of the
city.
"We want no stagnant city. We want
our energies taxed to their utmost. By
this means Atlanta accomplishes things
and keeps in the forefront of develop
ment.”
HATS MUST COME OFF IN
MACON'S PICTURE SHOWS
MACON, GA., Aug. 11. After lying |
dormant in the city code for twelve
years, an ordinance requiring women to
remove their hats in theaters will be
enforced hereafter by the picture show
proprietors. The ordinam ■ was passed
by council in 1900 before moving pic
ture theaters came into existence, but
it says that “ladies in any theater must
remove their hats." and thi- is con
strued by the city authorities to apply
to the pr, sent playhouses. Thete has’
been so milch complaint against big :
hats in the picture shows that tile ordi- i
nance' was dug up and Hi, now be put j
into effect.
•
IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1912.
Vice President and Manager of
Block Company Learned the
Business From Ground Up.
Brooks Morgan, vice president anel
manager of Frank E. Block & Cc., man
ufacturers of candy and crackers,
knows just as much about the manual
work of his big shop as do the em
ployees who daily earn their living
there.
With all the skill of one of the deft
fingered girls in the shop, he can set
tiny little blocks of candy to running
through a big machine that covers them
with chocolate coating, brushes them
off and sends the sweet morsels on their
way to the drying and cooling room.
He can take a look at a monster cal
dron of boiling syrup and tell just when
it should be cooled off. and that takes
skill, the candy makers say. For if
you take it off the fire too soon there
is going to be sugar instead of candy
when you coo] it
Candymaking hasn't been Mr. Mor
gan's lifework. He started out as a
young clerk with the Southern Rail-
I way Company and worked His way up
to the position of assistant general pas
senger agent.
“That, young Morgan is going right
along and he'll he at the head of the
road some day," was the prophecy of
old-timers, who knew by experience
when they saw a railroad man.
About that time the young man mar
ried. His wife was the daughter of
I Frank E. Block. Soon afterward Mr.
Block’s health failed and he was unable
to attend to the business which he had
made one of the largest in the South,
so he persuaded his son-in-law to join
forces with him.
Despite the fact that his early train
ing and tastes were for railroading.
Brooks Morgan started in to help out
the man whose daughter he had mar
j ried. He learned the business from the
bottom up, while managing it. In over
alls, he studied the actual work of mak
ing candy and learned it so that his
old employees acknowledge that he can
toll them many things about the work
w hich they learned in their youth.
Mr. Morgan has also taken a great
interest in the doings of other whole
sale confectioners and knows many of
the leading men In this country per
sonally. He has attended conventions
and made himself felt there as much as
he has made the force of his personal
ity felt In the office at his factory.
TWO DIE WHEN $150,000
FIRE BURNS OIL BARGES
BATON ROUGE, LA.. Aug. 14. The
Standard oil Company's steamer <’. M.
Pate and three oil barges v. < re burned
at Grammercy, La., today with the loss
of two lives and $150,000 datnage.
THOMAS SHOWS TAX GAIN.
THOMASVILLE, GA., Aug. 11. The
tax returns of Thomas county show a
gain of SXu,O6I for 1912. Last year
there was a gain of $250,000.
The largest increase this y ar Is from
i th, Boston district, with $50,167 Meigs I
I • omi v rn-xt with an increase of $44 - I
I xxii. Thomasville shows a decrease.
I ’ ■ ’I 'll' ’l' t l TiHH|,;i - . oltli •
I tv total $7,269,502. I
KE IS FALSE,
MITTHS SMS
Candidate for Macon Judgeship
Denies Being in League With
Saloon Men.
MACON, GA, Aug. 14. —The charge]
that Solicitor General H. A. Matthews,
of Fort Valley, who is a candidate for
judge of the superior courts of the Ma
con circuit, promised protection to at
least two violators of the prohibition
law in exchange for their votes and
support has been made and denied.
However, there will probably bo more
interesting developments, depending
upon whether Mr. Matthews can ascer
tain w ho paid for an advertisement in a
Macon paper yesterday that contained
this charge against him.
The advertisement asserted that Ike
Bashinski. a saloon keeper, who has
been convicted several times, and
against whom a case is pending now.
is managing Mr. Matthews' campaign
for judge. It further asserted that
Bashinski and Mr. Matthews went to
gether to W. T. Amerson, another sa
loon keeper, and Bashinski. with the
candidate for judge acquiescing, as
sured Amerson he would be protected
in the future if he voted for Mr. Mat
thews and worked against Judge Rob
ert Hodges, who is also a candidate.
Mr. Matthews immediately declared
that the charge was a canard, and that
the man who made it was "a contempt!
ble liar."
.Bashinsl.i said he did not know any
thing about It. and declared he had no
connection with Mr. Matthews or Ins
campaign.
Amerson also denied completely his
alleged part In the affair.
EXPLOSION IN ALABAMA
KILLS 19 NEGRO MINERS
ABERNANT. ALA., Aug. 14.—Xine
teen negro miners were killed by an
explosion in the mine of the Abernant
Coal Company yesterday. Rescue par.
ties, which worked all night, had re
covered seventeen bodies today.
The explosion occurred 100 feet from
the surface at a time when S 3 men were
at work, of these 46 were whites.
State Mine Inspector Nesbitt arrived
on the scene today and began an in
vestigation. He Said he believed the
explosion was caused by a charge of
blasting powder igniting coal dust.
BULL MOOSE CANDIDATE
TO SPEAK IN TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Aug 14.
Lea le s of the Bull Moose parly in
Chattanooga have leceivetl assurances
from Theod-Ot Roosevelt that he will
speak In Chattanooga in the approach
ing presidential campaign. It is un
derstood that the Bull Moose nomine*
-I" .1 k II M ."lip' - N I i . i ||e I '||,et -
tunooza and Knoxville but the exact
’.l.' -for hi“ .1 pjaaranee In Tennessee
• i.a v< not > ■ been announced.
GHiEIOT TOLD
HE'S DOOMED MSN
——
Too Weak to Receive Word of
Failure of Noted Surgeons.
Mother Weeps.
Eugen. H. Grace, nt the Georgian
hospital. <;<••> not know that his for
lorn hope has failed. He will not know
un’il he is strong enough to stand the I
! ho<k of being told that he is doomed;
■ o he a helph -s invalid for life, and .
th <1 hi.s life is to be of short duration.
Dr. Baxter S. Moore found Grace!
bt.dl- nauseai. ( l after his operation, anfi
de.e.iod that n would not lie well to!
•<> I him today that the operation had
failed. In the meantime. Mis. S. L. i
i Hill. Grace’s mother, is w ith him. She, I
. tnder the doctor's orders, has given
m> intimation that* in early end to his!
helplessness is probable. Weeping be- i
cause of the operation's failure, she re- i
mained away from her son's room to I
prevent his seeing her emotion.
Loath to Tell Him of Fate.
His doctors are more than loath to
ell Grace of his fate. He was so su
premely confident of the success of the
operation that they fear the shock of
news of its failure will imperil the brief
life that is in him.
The doctors, too. shared his hopes.
■ From the time they began th. ..pera
liicyi it ll:.'in o'clock vesterday morning
I until they abandoned hope four hours
land a half later, they had believed that
Itiie n. xt few minutes would enable
I them to find the bullet and that its ex
traction would make their patient
I Whole.
Their disappoint mem was keen when
I the patient's condition finally told them
| ttr.it further probing was impossible.
The operation had been conducted
and planned by X-ray landmarks. These
[landmarks, the physicians say, were
misleading, and the operation was never
I really possible of success.
Friends of Grace and his fa mil}'
[ called by the score at the hospital or
| over the telephone during the day to
| find out the progress of the* patient.
| while the entire hospital corps evinced
I great interest in him.
Will Await His Recovery.
When he will be moved from the
Georgian hospital to his home in New
nan is problematical. Dr. Moore pre
fers that the patient thoroughly recov
er from bis shock before he attempts
the trip.
"The paralysis is caused not by the
presence of the bullet in the canal,"
said Dr. Moore. "It is from the shock
given when Mr. Grace was first shot
that he is now paralyzed. We can do
nothing to cure that, and I don't think
|he has many months longer to live,
| poor fellow. He's the gamest man I
ever operated on."
Dr. J. S Clifford, who assisted in the
operation, stated that in his experience
the patient, when paralyzed like Grace
is, usually lived from three to nine
months after the injury. That would
give Eugene Grace scarcely four more
months to live.
"I don't wish to be quoted as saying
that Grace will die in a few months,”
added Dr. Moore. "Too many rash
statements have been made in regard
Ito this case. I don't believe, however,
that he can live. Os course, there's a
chance —there's always a chance—but I
don't think it is very strong in this
Dr. Moore stated that the X-ray pho.
tographs made of the wounded man's
back were misleading—that they show
ed the bullet to be in his spinal canal,
when In reality the bullet was not
touching the canal.
NEW SULTAN OF MOROCCO.
PARIS. Aupg. 14. — Mulai Yusef was
today proclaimed sultan of Morocco,
succeeding Mulai Hatid, who abdicated,
according to a cablegram received this
afternoon from the French military
governor.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Mary Paschall.
The body of Mrs. Mary Paschall, 52
years old, of Waldo. Fla., who died in
Atlanta yesterday, was taken to hei
former home for funeral and interment
today. She is survived by her husband,
W. V. Paschall, and four sons.
Mrs. P. H. Smith.
The funeral of Mrs. p. H. Smith. 63
years old, who died late yesterday, will
be held at the residence. 34X East Geor
gia avenue, at 3:45 o’clock today In
terment will be in Oakland cemetery.
She had been ill several weeks.
Mrs. J. V. Smith.
The body of Mrs .1. V. Smith, who
died at a sanitarium yesterday after
noon, was taken to Washington. Ga.,
today for funeral and interment. Mrs.
Smith recently came to Atlanta for
treatment. She is survived by her hus
band, of Washington.
James R. Jennings.
A widow, three children and a broth
er at Jennings. Fla., await the arrival
of the body of James R. Jennings, who
died in Atlanta yesterday afternoon.
The body was sent from Atlanta early
todav for funeral and interment. Jen
nings came here for treatment several
weeks ago.
A. A. Moye.
The body of A. A Moye, 57 years old.
who died at his home. XI Carroll street,
yesterday afternoon, was returned to
his form< t home. Gainesville. Ga., to
dav for iniermi-nt. He is survived by
his wife and four children.
J. T. Baldwin.
.1 T. Baldwin died this morning at the
residem < . 40 Bobbins street. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 ••douk from Barcias & Brandon’s
((Impel and the body will be interred in
Hollywood Baldwin is survived by his
widow, his mother, one son Horace and
four daughters.
J. G. Ramsey.
I G Ramsey, aged 65. died this morn
ing . t his Ksldence. II Oglethorpe ave
ntn ll» is survived b\ thiee sons and
thru* d. ighters No funeral arrange
ments have yet been made
PRESIDENT IS LOYAL TO
CONSERVATION POLICY,'
' SAYS CHAS, D. HILLES
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By CHARLES D. HILLES.
Chairman of Republican National
Committee.
President Taft’s record as a conser
vationist must convince every unprej
udiced inquirer of his unswerving loy-
alty to that groat
policy. He has
p 1 a c ed measures
above men. but
never in the
slightest degree
■ has he yielded one
iota from that pol
icy, and the fact
that millions of
acres of oil. gas,
phosphate and
mineral lands are
lying idle because
congress has not
seen fit thus far to
enact proper leas
ing laws consti
tute the most
striking testimo-
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nial to his _.Mn
swerving loyalty to the policy.
There are some conservationists who
would have the public believe that a
majority of are op
posed to the president. This is not the
fact. A few conservationists who have
been able to make much clamor and to
deceive people into believing that they
constituted a majority are opposed to
the president not because he is not a
conservationist, but because he could
not and would not approve illegal meth
ods and because when they came to re
gard themselves as larger than the pol
icy itself and even as above the law,
Mr. Taft promptly dispensed with their
services. Hut if you will look into the
subject you will find that they consti
tute a very small minority.
Results Have Been Obtained.
The conservation movement is one of
the most important in this country, and
that policy has been one of the most
important and the most strictly adhered
to of this administration A great part
of the conservation work of this gov
ernment has been done by the scientific
experts of the geological survey. Os
course, in the eyes of certain persons
who can see no good outside of the for
est service, that in itself Is a crime.
But the great army of conservation
ists want results, concrete results, and
these they have obtained under the
Taft administration. For instance, the
survey’s classification of coal lands has
nearly trebled the valuation of 15,000,-
000 acres of coal lands. These lands
have been segregated, and not an acre
is passing to private ownership. Pres
ident Taft has declared himself un
equivocally for the leasing of coal lands,
and sooner or later congress will enact
the necessary legislation. And until it
does, President Taft will protect these
lands, as he will all similar mineral
lands, from passing Into the hands of
private individuals, to pass In turn, as
they surely would, into the hands of
monopolists.
How Important Is the president’s
stand in this regard may be judged
from the fact that the geological sur
vey has found 20,000,000 acres of ex
ceptionally rich llgnate lands In Mon
tana, of which one 40-acre tract con
tains more than 2.500,000 tons.
The withdrawals made by order of
President Taft include 68,215,489 acres
of coal lands, 4,774,182 acres of oil
lands, 3,340,561 acres of phosphate lands,
1,813.753 acres of land available f&r
power sites. 97,228 acres set apart for
water reservoirs and more than 300.000
acres set apart for public waterworks,
experimental station purposes, etc. Can
you beat this?
Trbute For Potash.
Do you realize that this country pays
foreign producers of potash $10,000,000
a year and that this sum all comes
out of the pockets of the American
farmers? President Taft has directed
that all the available scientific knowl
edge of the government be directed to
finding a method of producing this pot-
LINER IN PORT WITH
PASSENGERS TAKEN
FROM SHIP ASHORE
BOSTON, Aug. 14. —The Dominion
Atlantic line steamer Prince Arthur,
with the 172 passengers of the Prince
George, which ran ashore in a thick
fog off Yarmouth. N. S. on board,
docked at Long wharf this morning.
Hundreds of friends and relatives of
the passengers were nt the pier.
The transfer of the passengers from
the Prince George to her sister ship,
which had been called by wireless, was
effected in a thick fog. All the pas
sengers were safely transferred. The
Prince George is reported still ashore,
badly damaged.
TOOMBS BATTLEGROUND
IN FIGHT FOR SOLICITOR
VIDALIA, GA.. Aug. 14.—The battle
grounds for the solicitor generalship of
the middle circuit, which up to this
time has been confined principally to
the other counties of the circuit, will
now shift to Toombs county, both of the
candidates, Alf He: rington, of Swains
boro, and Lee Moore, of 'Statesboro,
being scheduled for speeches.
Mr Herrington speaks on Saturday
at Cedar Crossing, and on Monday Mr.
Moore will address the citizens at Ly
ons, the county seat.
BAXLEY TO HAVE LIGHTS.
BAXLEY, GA., Aug. 14.—The ma
chinery for the new electric light and
waterworks plant for Baxley is being
placed in the power house near the
Southern railway. The poles are up
and most of the wiles strung Resi
dences and stores are being wired for
electric lights The plant is owned by
the clt.w Lights will be turned on in
September,
ash right here in the United States.
If we succeed, not only will $10,000,000
be kept here in our own market, in
stead of going to Germany, but an Im
mense saving will be effected for the
benefit of the farmer. What better kind
of conservation Is there than that?
Besides potash the farmer has to
buy phosphates. President Taft has
withdrawn from entry, as I have said,
more than 3,000,000 acres of phosphate
lands in Wyoming Idaho and Utah. As
soon as congress can be induced to en
act the proper legislation these lands
will be worked—not for the benefit of a
few monopolists, but under such re
strictions as will insure competition
and a fair price ■frrthe farmer for this
one of the essential elements of plant
food.
Then look at the 4,706,000 acres of
oil lands which have been withdrawn
from entry. Do you think the Stand
ard Oil trust would have been possible
had the government pursued the wise
policy of conservation when that insti
tution was in its formative period? Os
course, the policy was not known then,
but it is now. and It has no more val
iant champion than President Taft,
Fear Democratic Rule.
I hate to think what would t«»com«
of these valuable lands which have
been so carefully withdrawn fmm en
try were there to be a Democratic ad
ministration; but I know, and every
man who wants to exploit these lands
for his own private gain knows, that,
as long as William H. Taft ia In.the
white house the monopolists will no
chance.
And while I am discussing theAaub
ject of conservation, I want to point
out to you what economies haw been
effected In the administration of the
general land office under President Taft
and through the agencies of Secretary
Fisher and Commissioner Dennett. I
will not bore you with more figures, but
take just one item. A saving of $.194,-
000 a year In salaries alone has been
effected, and the land officers more ef
ficient today than it ever was In its
history.
I have frequently had put to me a
delicate question as to why, If Presi
dent Taft is a loyal conservationist, he
appointed R. A. Ballinger as secretary
of the interior. President Taft ap
pointed Judge Ballinger secretary of
the interior because he had had useful
experience as commissioner of the
general land office, having been ap
pointed by President Roosevelt on the
recommendation of Secretary Garfield,
who had known him from their college
days at Williams. Garfield congratu
lated the country upon the accession to
public life of a man of Judge Ballin
ger's preparation, probity and patriot
ism.
Why Taft Backed Ballinger..
Certain enemies of Judge Ballinger,
notably the head of the forest service,
attacked Judge Ballinger—not on the
ground that he was not progressive or
a loyal conservationist, but with the
charge that he was dishonest. Presi
dent Taft was convinced that Mr. Bal
linger was an absolutely honest man
and he could not then have asked for
Judge Ballinger's resignation without
seeming to confirm the charge against
hie integrity, even if persuaded that he
was not heartily tn sympathy with the
president’s conservation program.
There are those who think it would
have been good politics for President
Taft to have demanded Judge Ballin
ger’s resignation at once, but Mr. Taft
Is too manly and too just a man to cast
such a reflection on any man’s reputa
tion without warrant
But conclusive proof of Mr. Taft’s
loyalty to the conservation policy is
afforded by his selection of Walter L.
Fisher, a former president of the Na
tional Conservation association, as
Judge Ballinger's successor. And, mark
you, when Secretary Fisher assumed
the office he found that not one back
ward step had been taken, not one acre
of land had been lost, not one power
site had passed Into private ownership
since Secretary Garfield had retired
from the office.
PONCE DE LEON AND
DRUID HILLS CITIZENS
FIGHT AUTO MANIACS
Residents of the fashionable Ponce
DeLeon and Druid Hills section are up
in arms. They have declared war on
auto maniacs who use beautiful Ponce
DeLeon avenue, between the park and
Druid Hills, as a speedway, and have
appealed to the police to aid them.
"The nights are simply made hideous
by the whizzing of speeding cars, the
nerve-racking noise of muffler cut
outs. and the honk-honk of horns," say
the disturbed citizens. This auto-bed
lam, they say, continues until the small
hours of the morning, and that they are
unable to sleep or rest.
In order to give the sleepless citizens
relief. Chief Beavers today detailed a
special officer on this road in the after
noons and at night to tag the speeders.
NO BAD BOYS AND GIRLS IN
MACON.
MACON. GA., Aug. 14.—Postmaster
Harry Stillwell Edwards declares that
is no need for enforcing in Ma
con the recent postoffice order against
the*abuse of the general delivery win
dow system.
"There are no bad boys and girls in
Macon, and few. if any, crooks in Ma
con who patronize the general deliv
ery." he says. "and thus the order will
not result in any changes here."
TOM WATSON TO SPEAK.
VIDALIA, GA.. Aug. 14. —Immediate,
ly after the election is over the friends
of Tom Watson will be given an oppor
tunity to hear him deliver an address.
An engagement has been made for him
to speak at Tiger Springs, six miles
north of here on th Georgia and Flor
ida road.
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