Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, September 02, 1912, EXTRA, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextMR. HEARST RENDERED GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE BY MAKING OIL LETTERS PUBLIC, SAYS T.R. Mr. Hearst has published much interesting and important correspondence of the Standard Oil people, especially Mr. Archbold with various public men. I have in time past criti cised Mr. Hearst, but in this matter be has rendered a public service of high importance; and I hope he will publish all the letters dealing with this matter which he has in his pos session. If Mr Hearst or anybody else has any letters from me dealing with Standard Oil affairs. I shall be delighted to have it published; and if anyone can suggest any question as to any letter I have ever written or received on the subject, and will give me the approximate date, I will at once try to look it up, and, if I can find it, will publish it.— From Col. Roosevelt’s letter to Senator Clapp in answer to John D. Archhold's Testimony on Campaign Contributions. archboldTpenrose ■ FALSIFIERS, SAYS T. R. ; APPLAUDS MR. HEARST OYSTER RAY. S»*pt 2 I h-i a i’md t• ply (a the tcstimonx of John Archbold and Senator Penrosp b**fof< the Clapp committee of the sen.it*- In- j vestigating campaign < on! ributhms w .<> made by Colonel Rooaevelt in a lettf' ’ sent to Senator Clapp just b«-t<»r> h» left on hi* long Western trip lln let- | ter contains about JS.ihhi wo i« “I have answered eveiy question * fully and explicitly if* if* poM‘-ible, - ihl the colonel “I think 1 hav* * *»v- • •*! th< i ground <»f course. I« an not on in- .■ definite y explaining the things * hi are always being brought up «gain : just ns though » nevoi expm ined them - To illustrate his point. Colonel Roos. ■ veil paid that hit* opponents wer»- > ways saylnjf that the corporation> "if tributed to his 1U'»1 campaign and iha lie had denied it. although h - -ahi. Io 1 ha<l merely denied that non, L > lion. , cnnpotations had 1 n.. • pt,ln 1 turn for promises of favor- fiom r, government In the Demo, ail. h-M book just Issued. lie said. It "as -I.lt,- ; that the United States St,- < -nri.oia-| tlon had contributed to his < am paign. "J never said that no .-licit .out ibu- j tlon uh- ecefvetl.’ he continued I have no knowledge of such a < ontriliu tlon. hut If II was made. I -oppose I - was H perfectly inopet one In his statement Colonel Itoi.-.i. applauded William Randolph Heatsl to , his great "public service" In tnakln;; | public the oil lellets whjch hav. ap ' prated In the Heaist magazines am. nr W Spu pc > Fail to Investigate Local Charge. The 1.3101 sSHys. in pari "Th. charge dgainM Mt I’. iiii* a <ll <ct ’» harg* This Hung. imi merely that he look $25.666 from th- Standard oil <’*»ini*an\ but ih.it it <• about the Him- of his taking it. whih a member <>f a < oinmltt« • "t lh< n ‘ ate. which ua.< formed i<» inv< atigai• industrial affans in th* Cnit-d Sialo he was in constant < omiuunh at km > w ilh Mr Aichbold on th< subjci t and | that h* submitted to Mr Xichbuld ■ t<». li- tppi.,»\al in .uh an« • .1 copy of tin report of i.i» .•••inini-sion 1' thus* stat.*ni* nt - n e ti n. *»f roiirM Mi. P< nr os. is unfit t" represent th. pro ph. in tin I’nited States s. uate and tin tistlmonv auainst him is direct. I Appall nils . hoxxexei the uHiiiilitHv hi invest ma ting not thi- charge aga nsi Mr Pi w hi. h xxas sustained by dirwt evidrm • but Ml l‘ nr.ise < conn ter. barge, which was sustained by n«> i \ i<l< n. « at all and only *»v tin t.peti lion of- Mini-hand g.»s<|p As regards the stat- in.-nt <*i’ Mi Penrose and Mi Archbold that xxitb mx c.»ns’nt oi knowlcilge Mi Bliss asked the Standard (Ml • "nipanx for $100,01)0. <»r othei min «»r it-fixed such sum from them, it is an mvi ua lifted fa Isehood All W'thout His Knox/vledge. • |f any request foi funds was mad< from tin Standard (Ml Company, or if any funds were received from th. Standard Oil Company by Mr Bli-s m anyon. else connected with tin na tional committee in 1'.‘04 u xxa< not merely done without my kn »\x le<ig. but was don? against my . \pr. -- di rection and prohibition ind in 'id. of the fail that 1 wa- assured that no xuch r< qm >t had hern made and that no such contribution had Im on ot 1 would b? received Colonel Roosevelt ineludcs her* ht> letters and telegrams to Co orge H i\.i telyou. the Republican nat -ma . I.a i man. of October 26. 27 and 2? r.MM ; spectively. which w * - . :<• tmbiu r.- * cently They .ailed M « .m*l\-’u attention to a report that Standard (»i i interests had < .mtribut. <i spnij.-ni to| lit. Roosex. lt campaign and <li».t.a! i that the money b.- retun d if (h< r. i pol l xxere true Th. t. ’.gt ' n xx a mi. i asking if this ha*i bern d-m. ami .-dd | mg that there should no d- ayiim' in s<» doing ••Subsequent t*» ibis t* v..n Mr Ln* h. my privat.- semmaix • * .<> Mi i 'o! tely on up .m tin t* i. plmm i m I* I t**r eodi inm - alld at I '■ ■: .. myself ti m.tifi.-d n.< m t Al r. I. >eb and tin n * > su< b < onti ihut ion had ■ i > . or w otlld L r. < eix »-d. 11 • saxs M’ I’d.-' showed in 1 t .nd telegram, ami that Mi I’.; tmn, The Atlanta Georgian Premium Coupon Th t coupon -i be accepted «♦ r Pre-v um Pv cr, 20 East A!abarr»a at , 99 part a payment for ary o' * ,'*• i-v prem um 9. •n»d spayed tr.era Sec Premhm Parlor ,4 •ici’ment on .Another Pape J told him that no Standard oil moimv had been received and that non? wouki be accepted Turned Penrose Down. 'AI i Penrose was a . undldate fm • haliman of the Rppubliean national < ominittee in 1904 ami It was repot ted Ito nw that the membeis of the <om j mitt. *• vxished to choose him T his I I emphatically refused to allow. I knew | hut little of Ml Penrose at the tiin°. Ihut I was not w filing to hax. any man Ixx bom I did not pet -onallx know and j m whose probity I did not have en- I lire confidence as head of the < onunit- i lee. "Mr Cortelyou xxas put on <1 my ! personal lequest. He ian the ram i paign almost without suggestion Hom pne I i-o’nni unlcated with hut ocra ■om.., by telephone, and gvn< rally m ' x t it Ing " Sex<ral nialt<*rs it-, levant to .he • ...limit ;< *« > tiquii x a i im-ntloned b i('o!mi : h’o.-‘\P|| .i- the t0,.i0 of Hies.* ‘ ,■ 11. commuid* ;■;. (! .< so xx Hit ISnaoi l’i »o • <’oi. ml R'i.sixhll ' tdd»- ' i in lor T: » ii ' 'ulmit I Rm - i’.'it to S'ttatoi Pm <»s, , dal'*d th* dax ‘ Ml. the ! •?(» I , |rd lon. I .1 ; I pen my xvord’ of all phenomena t «•! ai a ■ h« I mm xlx an i tig u ■> .. r tm*-, pa* iio mna i I oom.; itulal* y**.i | Mid h* .i • ; iI-. t hank xam (’>• one Ro *>o\. it - onilmi s In ail my « oiiimuni* a t ions with him ncfole m aft* i ele. tlon I spoke of coH |ti millions hm mi. o 'This was in a •Her to him of ()ctob«i 2S. I9'H. in >p"tis< to a r*-qucsi of his that I i Mi ?dd ict.iyi th* s* rx ices of on* of his ! iie ; . hiiirn. named Bunn, of tin Phila yhia pus *.fii« . . xx ho had h*-eii ! room m. mb d fa; irmoxal by the civil serx i< < ommission because of the collection of I'oit .a! a >*<sments fi om among his > .bo uinaJes in the po-iufti. . Mx let- llor ended a> follows: I hax. m* alt rnatix** hut to *li<*< I his temov.* I suppogi you won't lik* I this nd I ini awfully s(»rry . but I b* g 1 'mi i" helivxr that if it w.r* feasible tor me to m t in any other way I would j Hi* ><•. nd u is only berau.-* I hate n • |*'th*’i alt»iua tix . that I must Ktnovc I Bunn.' About the Harriman Contribution. Colom ' Roos, xell mxt eplies to an I.Ciiisioii in th* iccrni \V;tMHnglon tes itlinony to Alton B I’arkei's chaig.s in I’.hrt by introducing th* statement he is-ned «*n X *veinb*- 4. 1964. iti reply io this . hn. ge. that big corporations ha.i coiu ibui. I liberally to the ih pub h. an campaign fund thiough tin solici tation of Mt ‘ > telyou Mso. Co »nel Ro*»sex * It includes the Icitei he x\ rm to .lani'S S Sherman. m»xx vice pr si dent. on Ortnbci s 1966, m which h> exiexxed al length the Roosev.di-Ha i rlman *onttoxersx over the $260,000 eontribution of the late E H Ha Hl 1961 This letter. w hi< h xxas published '•hortly after it was writt- n, contain, d corro'-qumdem • between Messis. Roos, X'M ■nd Harriman, ami cha-acidized Mi H i rimans statement that Roose velt -quested him to rais- $250,006 as “a deliberate and willful untruth by ! 'gilts it should be charact m ixed by an even - ■ • i non ugly word.” It also included the lettei xxritten by Colom Roosev* t ih- n p < sident to M H.< Hm.in on (btohe: 14 19"4 in \x lit h <’alone Roosevelt said. •\’<*xx. mx dear si x*»u anrT 1 are practiea’ men'' as w* 1 '- ~s several other letters bearing * lose \ on the issue. Colonel Ro-.5.-x It’s h it* to Senator Capp then • ont 11. a. s. as f . oxx s •’Phis h it- xx as w ritlen in Mr Hat - aiatC iifetiim. anti neithe 1 was con tradicted Hu n. noi * an be contradict* i Ino xx M I .» b. mx th* npH vat*- seel • tary. In-aid my ..nveisation with Mr IHa iI” in end *an t • stitx .* bout it M ;H ■ -.. n - vlt m» giving .nvthing t«> i . natiotia' | * omm:(t*■< .**)■: I m x*-; spoke io aim • • •i: . ■ •• i .■s t • I a do i f■ ■ .-n ';; u hi. ok, . ■!,. I . 11,1.-I. .V. iti, M ni>- M <’i> . you to tnonej f„i ih- a | \1 - • in state . ! • r i M ■ ..* b h* .* bi n imfk« ( tn« - m by n \ ’-.1 mn 11 .< n - tin ’ - M I’ >s ami M -i- lone, as I . . I m x - . ■ r No P'ormses Made Said Cortelyou. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS;. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1912. Oivners of Offending Flues To Be Warned, Then Prosecuted For Violations I CITY BEGINSDETERMINEDWARON SMOKE' f XXL Yf \£z y / aA. X. / ‘Ys. ' ' X'' / .Jfiw \\ ✓ ’ \\ / i SBsSK Il Sffii * 'fctF ZSsEkj’T- ■ '• Jf 0.. -■ * ink-1 1 w s i ! t & WMMK A- ■ • w ' ■ wll ‘ W'-'-T' " 'x- ■ • • • ■ Wwi - x ,4'; I’.ini M<■ Mcity smukc inspctor. on right, testing the (pusity ~i smoke in downtown section. His tests are made on top the Hrant building. , I I can find to campaign contributions is lin one in which 1 fell him that I have luatd amor that Senator Dick. of u thio, has been collecting mtwy fiom office holders, and that if so. it" must be HtmiHil t > <tbp m he will get into t rouble. I communh ai cd with Mi. Hit's vi c i frequently. and m-ier made stay allu !-ton to contributions in ant letter that | I w rote h:m or ant conversation 1 Irin I with him b rom M . Bliss, its from Alt. i < 'o> telyou. I received the exfi.iejt stair- | no nt that no ptomis had been m.tdi I and no obligation entmed Into, dir.ct". ! or indirectly, in connection with ant Ici ntributton that had been received, in 'would In- entered into in eonm >1 km ; Iwithuiny contribution that might be te ' • <it d in the futti e. "I have never discussed the question j of contributions with Mr Perkins, save | in connection with discussing the acctt- " IsHtions hrmigh: luloie tour commit- | ilee I hate nevei directly or indirhet-! ;'v. asked him tor a contribution. and 11 did not. so fa; as I can lemembci. ask' ant human being for a contribution. I either w hile I was running for p: esi : dent or for vice p.Tsidi nt. or during | the recent tnim.i t. or since lite recent primary. 'M- V. hbold has .eluded io bis t isit i made a year or so after the election to! me tn compinv with Mi Rogers Ml. Hoge - and Mr A < tigild made an ap pointment to vi' tne through Mi. It ■ -t. ' who was then tn nit cabinet. H< tt i not present at the interview The sub of . a 111 a igll 'll! C.ll '.o,' ~ , Hol alluded to I "Missis Aichbold and Rogei s. th’! ! former doing almost all the talking. I I stilted that they had come dow n in 1 (connection with the accusations made' against th. Standard Oil t'ompany re garding 1. ba ;. s I it,forme,| them that Mr. Garfield had informed mt that h< was about to report very strongly! ■or nst th< Standat < 1 fort any on j thia m.me. tnd I r. f. rred him to Mr Gatti, id. suggesting titat th \ see him I ■ M I". H l< Smit 11. ind go vei the I multi . w itli titem lie tot e coining to me Wondered at Sibley's Activity. > Mr Sibley, tlien a congressman from I ai -1 A.. nil .ailed nt on m. on.. ~r 1 twice :o sp.ak mi behalf of the Stand ■ It! nil ople, ami urged upon me tha. ’ | th. wet . i ery go- d men and that their ' a.. ;*• - v..-r, unworthy and misguided, , ..lures, but lu did not mak. nn; ■ <rn • iti ,a- 11 oit th. u: ,s’ far a < I ■ eniembei ii.. i r.ing. tin 'tnei v iew ' :!" 'i' The only teaset I remain- ■ 1' ’ " im. ibout want he said Was .■' . us. s lu bad b n a Populist and I .is I li., -appusi. 1 tn.it he was anti- . orpora: i.-t! m bls feeling. 1 was a little j surp: s. at hl- turning up on :a!: o . S; ,m"..rd Oil V . oai' •' ot \ e.l: s It, I Whi i tilt . ■ . :a. nt ot ■ isti. was taking t 11l :i . st is I. hrit.girg si: t to Stand.m.’ 'i. i'omp m j s twin Joi it mi Bott tie, on ot ■ ■ T o •t. . t . Hist ar.it tin last of these interviews, and explain t hcmsvl VeS. "These letters Were in part as fol low s: ''"Sagamore Hill, February 2.".. ItluS My Hear Senator. As to what you told me the mliet everting about the Stand ard oil people: do remember tiiat while any proposals they make will lie con 'iiieiiii in an entirely frank and hon orable spirit, yet these proposals must 'bi conditioned upon absolute ohcdienc. Ito the law and must be laid in detail I helm.■ the attorney general and Frani : It. K. ilogg lief.,Hi it would be possible i for me to express any opinion upon them. I know you understand this, hut I want you to be sure that the Stand | ard Oil people do not misunderstand it land do not get the impression that it is- by my desire or on my initi-itiv that I negotiations have bet tt intved into I with them by you nr by any one. Sin i . i rely y ours. T leodorc Roosevelt.' "' •< >y st, i Ila’. N. Y.. July 3, I SOS'. "d y I'i i Senator: In mi .judgment, it is , not only a waste of limo, but inadvisa- I Id. . to try to carry off the negotiations I through you as intermedia". - ., l.et tin s- i ard Oil iw yers, any or all of them, as Mr. \rehbold or Mr. Rock. | feller or any one else may . house, de- I eide as to the course they wish to fol !'ow. and then cmnmuniiate direct with iMI lx ',gg. oi t :ic at: e1 ey general. Siti.iie'y yours, Tib ot!o‘•• Roosevelt.' Hearst Rendering Great Public Service. "Mr Heat t has pu'nlislicd much in teresting and important correspond- Icm e Ilf ti.e s:.me:i d Oil people. spe ll i. illy Mr, Arebbold with i a lions pub lic men. 1 lia\?‘ in till!' past criticise;; I Mr. Hearst, but in this niattci he lias ! lemle". I a public sei'vici of high im : pot tame and I ho|>e he v ill publish I all tin letter- dealing with this mat- I ter which be 11. is in his p .<-• >‘sion. If Ml H.aist or anybody else has any ii :ur- trom m- dealing with Standard • ii’ iifnirs. I shaii be dellgat d to bay, hem p'tblisluT; and if any one can I suggest any question as to any letter I have rier written m received on the subject and will give me the aptroxi- ! mat I'ati. I w ji| at ei try to look i up and. if I can find it. will publish "I w sh to eiiipliasiz. th. li t that testin ■ •■ . of Mi Aft libold and Mr. I’, urose in I ::- ratler is an .it lack mi I Mr Itli.-s who i- .: and is Ms- i im- Wittitlitlv the -eVel.-l possible .11","- I t ion on i hem--. l\, .-. . " • in -• pub a r.l pri vate a. : ~ • -i ,| know dg ■ of them w. I". :i :" ■ .- u p tie - just • ng Mt ; ill'-Vrl a-ked UU " I- .iboi" tile Standard Oil t'ompany, and never In i any way alluded to t ■ s inda d nil ' " m cany to m. I :u v. h ard Mr \ . lb- d - n.i ' " - ■ ■. . 1 ;i - I tion wk. Mr H -■ It: y<ar oi so i as:- th. . lei "on 11 ~! ■" <t > : ort . t M: B .ii . i-pt. ■ nt hr. •v.m M". Rogm s. a ■ g ts h - is: ' , " m tha ■r- wi- not n, n - ; Ci. C . :. , ..... Mr. Roger- personally, Mr. Rogers be ing an old friend and party associate of his." < 'olunel Roosevelt lu re quotes a b-ngtay extract from an interview with Mr. Bliss, on the Harriman-Roosevelt controversy. published in The New York Herald on December 2. 1911. pur p 'ling io have been given by Mr. Bliss a li ~ months. before his Heath. He follows this with a tribute to Mr. Bliss for his services to the party in "irlis-line, liisiigreeablr and laliorious task- widen bring no rewards, but ■ which it is etuireiy indispensibli to | have done." and warmly defends his ! chain -ter. He tia n continues: What Archbold's Testimony Means. "Mr. Archbold's testimony can onl". I mean that Mr. Archbold had made his I contribution in tin- hope of getting | some special tbnsideration to which, ! as a matter of fact, he was not en titled; that in believed that if lie hud i made tile extra contribution lie would have liad tins stevia! consideration, and that M Bliss thought so, 100. "'Mr. Pentose says that he. a mem ln i of the national Republican commit tee a tai i I'n I ted State- senator, advised .'Mt Archbold that it would be a mis take fm tin Standard <>il t'ompany not • ' coiitribulv, and if they did not make libei.il contributions they might incur !'hostility in certain quarters. Surely , no mm. extra ndinaiw testimony was submitted by a I'nited States sen ator under t lie im| t ssion t liaj he was ' testifying in his own behalf. It i-m --i bodies .i far worse accusation against i him Ilian 1 ever should have dreamed I of making. "This language i- pre, isely the lan guage that might be used by a blaek -1 1 mailing police officer in a ’nig city in advising tie keepei of i law-In caking liquot saloo’i, or a gambling house, to I contribute liberally because otherwise 'he might im-ut ho ility in certain ! qu.-irtei.- If this language wyr> proved i .giin t the policeman, he would be rem ' - from the police fore", anil as ' it is idmitted by tie senator, h should be removed from tile senate About Connection With G W. Perkins. "In concluding. 1 want to<sty-a word about my connection with Mr. Per -1 kin-. I have known him about four- I lien years. I h-ive m-ver in my life | directly m indirectly, asked him sot a centi ibati.m or a-k d him io as ist me in any shape or way. Hi- has ass,-ted me and li.ukml me up :of l:i ow n a , ord t ntil aft er the slatimeill i-i M"■ Penrose, t- the si nat> :1 nevei ask< d him if be had ever con hrilmted Io my caui|iaigti fund at any time, altho i.;h I was moiaily i i rtain that h ■ hid done so. • Dl.ril'g tin- past four .-cn ye:-:-, as i I enu tuber, he ha- but tw ice , -p. 'ken : o er ~f any m., t tei s in which ,he was Inteie.-ted. Tne first time . was at the vi r. beginning of otp' ii quaint.im'-. when I -a as governor of New York. H< thet t anj ..n.i irnti ii igains‘ my signing • ■• : I*in bill '" thy lii ctat ion of tin . ggiegats amount of insurance that an tny mild assun Aft- i -nv ■.t;g .' i'a 1 ■ ame to the ,on - ' ■' 'i' pt-".' -" w .ts just, and i refused tosamtion the bill. Virtually Every Factory. Office Building and Railroad in At lanta Violates Law. Atlanta's tight to abate the smoke nuisance was begun in earnest today when Paul -McMicliael, city smoke in spector, announced lie was ready to inform the violators of the new city smoke ordinance what they must do to keep within tlie law. Inspector McMichael declared that practically every factory, office build ing and railroad, not opiiatcd by elec tric power, was violating the ordinance The ordinance, more liberal in its re quirements than the smoke laws of ! most cities, provides that it shall be unlawful for any smokestack to emit black smoke for more than twelve ' minutes to the hour. The accompanying picture shows In spector McMichael me king observa tions of sniuke conditions from the top of »he Gram building. The i be- I fore him shows the different degrees of : smoke density. By observations with I this chart he figures the exact smoke : density from the individual stacks in " | the city. i The smoke commission met this I morning to determine a definite plan i f, i o-oto r ition with th" factories. " I r.iiiroails and office buildings in abat ing flu smoke nuisance. Contrary to 1 ' the piqiular impression, there is no sat -factory automatic smoke consumer i Tin smoke must be consumed in the "I furnaces before it really becomes ' smoke To make the furnaces in At- • lant-i i on-ume it the furnaces must be ' remedied Th' plan of the commission is. tie re -1 ; fore, to give the violators of the smoke 1 ordinance information of their offense and then allow them'time to remedy ; the» trouble. Many of the larger eilii s have mad' notable progress in eliminating smoke. Inspector McMichael said that the far I greater part of Atlanta's smoke could be stopped w ithin a i ompat atly ely -nori time. We ar- not militant now. we ar, . idm ative." said Inspector McMichael I "But at'te, tin- people have had time ti - i<mi|,ly with the law and have failed Ito do it. We will become militant. Al the business men of Al'.tnta. however, show enthusiastic d'-siie to co-operat» and stop the smoke nuisance." The Men Who Succeed 111' d- of I; ge enterprise- ale men f great t netgy Succt ss. today. de- ■ inlands health. To ail Is to fail. It's Utter folly fm a m in to endure a weak, irin-down. lialf-allve condition when Hbi trie Bitti ! - will put him tight on 1 hi - feet in short order. ■"Four bottles did me mon real than any othei • lit n< I < vet took." w rites < 'has. B Vilen. Sylvania. Gt. "Aftet years of i suffering with rheumatism, liver trmi • i ble stomach disotdr is and deranged kidney.- I -i again thanks to Klcitti' i Bitters sound and w • I." Tt y them c'nl;- ;v .ent. at ti: drnggi- s. •• SIDELIGHTS ON STATE POLITICS Gossip About Candidates and Their Friends Throughout Georgia. By JAMES B: NEVIN. The Georgia weekly press keeps an ever watchful eye upon men and things in this state, and its collective aspect is a pretty safe and sane guide to public opinion. The weekly press is commendably in dependent. ft handles men and measures generally with gloves off It reflects truly the sentiments of ihe people it 'serves and its support is more frequently than not an absolutely essential factor in po litical success in the state. Its almost solid support of John M Slaton for governor was the one hie thing that entered into the composition of his remarkable victory . The Georgia weekly’ press is not weighted down with seriousness. It punc tures many a sham with quaint ridicule, and brings many a political sinner to re pentance through the sheer force of its light-hearted cynicism. It employs no high brow Writers, as a rule-albeit some of the brightest and best composition is to be found in its col umns It does employ men who know how to write the truth as they see it. Because of the limitations put upon its work by reason of restricted space and lack of physical equipment, the weekly press often is driven to condensing into a single sentence an utterance it would prefer to elaborate into a half column or more. Often, whether the weekly press realizes it or not. this results ipost hap pily. in so far as effectiveness is con cerned. Many a paragraph hits where a < olumn editorial would miss a mile. And now that the primary election is over, the convention dead, and the gu bernatorial campaign a thing of the past, the weekly press is distributing lemons land bouquets xvhere they most rightebus- I ly seem to belong. It elects in the main to be merry, the i while it evidently is determined to be ! stank. The Ro kmart News says: ”\Ve are grateful that a nexv legisla ture has been elected. The old one didn’’ have enough business sense to get out of a shower of rain. They increased the appropriations and cut dowm the tux until the state treasury locks like one of the lean kine.” The Blue Ridge Summit says. "Morris is claiming that he was elected by 307 majority, and Patterson, who re ceive*! nearly 500 majority outside of Gil mer county, claims that he was counted out by the Morris "simon pures” of Gil mer county. The outcome is awaited with much interest by the friends of each.” The Valdivia 'rimes says: “Hooper Alexander ought to know two things today and he ought to tell one of them to his ‘brethren.’ The people of Georgia are not as badly stuck on him as he is on himself and the same people are getting very tired of frenzy and fanati cism Hooper has weakened the cause of prohibition by his Inordinate thirst for office.” 'The Pickens County Progress says: “Governor Brown s veto of the mileage bill not not affect us in the least, as w*» never have had money enough at one time to buy a 1.000-mile book.’’ The Royston Record says: ’ An I’pson county man was elected tn the legislature upon a platform opposing the dog law, the game law and the pro hibition law. compulsory education and others. 'The mar. may be all right, but how that rotten platform got him through is a mystery to us.” i The Vienna News says: “Governor elect John M. Slaton made a short and common sense speech in ac cepting the nomination at the Macon convention. He will make a good com mon sense governor, too." Tne North (Jeorgia Citizen says: “Already they are saying Clark How ell will succeed Jack Slaton as governor.” The Thomasville Times-Enterprise says: “A south Georgia man was temporary chairman oi the convention in Macon. This is an honor which this section has , not had in many years.” 'The Telfair Enterprise says: “Our resignation as chairman of the executive committee has been called for by a very prominent man In the southern portion of the county. If we can find any other office with more work and les* pay, we will readily comply with the gen tleman’s wishes." The Ellijay Courier says "We can not understand why men w'ho claim to be good Christians, who say their prayers and arc prominent in re ligious work, can get it into their minds that ii is right and proper to disfran chise their neighbors just because they want to vote against them." The Lee County Journal says; "Well, why shouldn’t south (Jeorgia rule the ‘legislative roost’ for a while? North Georgia has had its day ami tftere is nothing more to it South Georgia is the coming section of the state because it has the room and resources for development, and it is making the most of them. A few more years and middle and south Georgia will not only rule the ’legislative roost.’ but they will move the capital to the c* no r of the state in order that the public business may be done equitably and efficiently." CARE OF THE TEETH IMPORTANT TO HEALTH Without pprfeot tef-th w can not enjoy perfect healt 1 .:. 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