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WRIGHT HUE
JOEBROWNFDR
LIQUOR HOUSES
Famous Prohibition Leader
Says Governor Is Responsible
For Violations in Savannah.
ROME GA. Nov. 28 Aiousi-il by the
publication of shameless violations of
the state prohibition laws in Georgia,
a- set forth in 'file Atlanta Georgian of
Monday last, Seaborn Wright, the great
’’dry” leach r of Floyd county. th* man
who put the slate-wide law on the stat
ute books, expressed himself vigorously
today as to the cause of the Savannah
situation, and outlining at least one
method of procedure whereby it may be
abated.
Mr. Wright says that the John Sulli
van. Jr., Company, of Savannah, which
concern has been circularizing Georgia,
through the United States mail, solic
iting mail orders for whisky to b* ship
ped out of Savannah broadcast thiough
out the state, is but doing th* am*
illegal tiling that houses in Augusta
and other cities are doing, all in fla
grant and unpardonable violation ot the
law of the state.
Tlie Floyd county prohibition leader
severely scores Governor Hi own for his
passive attitude in the mattei of law
enforcement, so fur as prohibition law
is concerned, and contrasts it with his
activity in < nforcing it against railroad
strikers and negro criminals.
Solicitors Have Weapon.
All'. Wright says tiie solicitors and
judges have a weapon witli which they
may reach the evil sought to In- *Ol -
reeled, and that without waiting f.. ■ a
jury' verdict, too often not coming; and
lie cites bis own city of Rome as an
example of how the law ur* iy may be
enforced again -t. violators.
Mr. Wright said:
“The 'mail order' houses of Satan
nah arc but another forward step by
the whisky trust and brewery combine
in the open, shameless nullification of
th*' law of a sovereign state.
“The cause of this forward step by
the whisky and beer interests lies in
the fact that the people have * leeu-d a
governor who says lie can not enforce
law in Georgia ; have elected judges and
solicitor generals who will not enforce
law against an arrogant, brutal power
in our cities, because their fear of los
ing office is stronger than the sanctity
of the oath they have taken to uphold
tile laws of their state.
"Jt Is folly to mince words, to ileal
in mild language. Tile governor. the
judges and solicitors general of our
large cities are responsible for the out
rageous nullification of a great law they
have sworn to enforce.
Cites Woodrow Wilson.
"Some months ago the present gov
ernor of New Jersey, a man by the
name of Wilson, was notitieil by tiie
good people of certain cities in his
state tliut tiie ei(y officials anil local
state officers would not enforce the law;
against the powerful whisky and beer
interests of these cities. This govern
or <Jid not hesitate or quibble; he noti
fied these offi* ials if the state law was
not enforced lie would see to it that it
was enforced. This simple announce
ment was enough. Nullification of law
in New Jersey stopped.
“A few weeks ago the present gov
ernor of Indiana, a man by the name of
Marshall, not a whit bigger physically
than Georgia's governor, was notified
that the laws of Indiana against race
track gambling were not enforced. Also
this governor did not hesitate or quib
ble. He notified the officials of the
county in which this open nullification
of law was going on that if it was not
stopped he would take a hand. It was
not stopped, and he RID take a hand—
slid the army of the stqte, of which lie
was commander, went and stopped it.
Brown Has Army.
Now, Georgia's governor, who. of
course, can use the army of the stat*
to protect railroad property from strik
ing workmen or a negro brute from the
angei of an outraged people, can not
touch th*' Savannah 'mail order houses.'
though tiie cursed stuff they force upon
the unhappy country people of Georgia
jeopardizes th*' safety and honor ot
thousands of white women in Georgia.
“Now a word as to the judges and
solicitors general of our lug cities. They
know the law is being violated, openly
trampled on and despised by the liquor
interests. Are they helpless to enforce
1t ? Have they no power to enforce
law
"They tell us tiie juries will not eun
\ ict for a violation of this law Then
why d<> tiny pot exercise the power di
rectly vested in them by the law they
are sworn to enfoi*■**'.'
"It is made the duly of the solii itofs
general to proceed by injunction against
every place w her* liquor is ill* gaily
made or sold. It is tic plain DUTY ot
the judge to abate such places as a
nuisance The jury only remotely has
to do with such eases.
"Wily do they not perform this oath •
bound duty'.' Tiler* Is not an intelli
gent man in Georgia who does not
know why.
"And the pity and shame of it is that
we must respect—ay* reveii-m* the
judicialy'.
Rome Enforces Law.
“Rome is a splendid little city of 1.-
<U)u people. We hi.vc no near-be* . su
loons, no clubs, no breweries, no mail
order houses. Why "
"Our people up here believe it ; s be
cause our judges think more of th*
sacred laws they are sworn t* enforce
than th* office they hold, with its . niul
uments.
"The pai imount qt.* Mimi before the
neuple ot Georgia is whelhet the whis
ky tin. t and Inewert ombim of tl .
middle Wes', solely with tie i .1; ,q
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LONDON POL ICE HEAD,
SHOT BY CHAUFFEUR,
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
LONDON, Nov. 28.—Sir Edward
Richard Henry, chief i-ommissioner of
the London police, who was shot last
night by Charles Bower, a eliaut'feur,
was in serious condition today and the
attending physicians, while hopeful,
would not commit themselves to a defi
nite prediction of his ultimate recovery.
Bower was remanded until Saturday
to await tiie outcome of the wound.
The police have learned that Bower
applied for a taxicab license a month
ago, but that it was refused by the po
lice. They attribute the shooting to
revenge.
Although Bower fired three shots, but
one struck the mark, This entered the
left groin. inflicting a dangerous
wound. Sir Edward has been head of
the metropolitan police sine*- 1904. Be
fore that he was in the Indian service.
ROUTS BURGLAR WITH
HIS BABY’S TOY BANK
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28.—Ben S. Pierson,
his wife and their five-year-old daugh
ter, Laura, lay asleep in a lied room of
their home about midnight, when Mrs.
Pierson was awakened by a scraping
sound. She awoke Pierson, who made
out the noise coming from the bed room
window and being made by a niansetk
ing entrance.
Pierson arose stealthily, reached out
his hand and clasped a fluid's toy bunk
that chanced to lie on the dresser. Then,
drawing bai l* his arm. he let fly w ith all
his might. The missile tore throug i
the lace curtain, shattered the window
and diove away a burglar who was at
tempting to force th*' window.
FORSYTH GIRL WINNER
IN WRITING CONTEST
FORSYTH. GA.. Nov. 28. Al tjie
monthly meeting of the Munroe County
Teachers association a contest was held
in writing to dictation, in which all th*'
schools in the county were entitled to
participate. The banner was won for
Banks Stephens institute, of Forsyth, by
Miss Gertrude Burt, of Hie sixth grade
The Eighth Grade Sewing club of Bunks
Stephens institute exhibited its work dur
ing the meeting.
At the close of the program a business
meeting was held, at which the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President. J \Y. Mosley: vice president,
\V. M. Ilogrs: secretary, Miss Anna Wad
ley . treasurer. Miss Claire Fletcher.
RAILROAD AND EXPRESS
MEN PREPARE FOR XMAS
MAI 'i >N. GA -Nov. 28. All of the di
ve ion officials of the Centra! of Georgia
railroad aml about 40 of th*' agents of
the Southeiii Express Company met
here yesterday afternoon and last night
ami formulated plans for the expedition
of the Christmas freight business. They
■ i>. ussi'd means for the best handling
of the thousands of packages and
1 '.opted a system which will, it is be-
*.■*:. icsult in better service anil mor*
-,i i istactlon tor all parties l oncerned in
tile transportation of holiday goods this
SWALLOWS POISON WHEN
WIFE WON’T “MAKE UP”
i ST i.Oi'IS, Nov 28.—William Har
i I".'*’'- -'5 years old. a • hauffetir, attemp*-
!•'. to I'id-himself by drinking poison nt
I the home of hm mother-in-law. alt. :
i Is .lie- refuseii to lelurti with him to
I : itei >... ngtii hi. ill., home, which -h-
nrE \teanta Georgian and news. Thursday, November 28. ibix.
' AT THE THEATERS
LYRIC THEATER EXPECTED TO
DRAW CAPACITY AUDIENCES
The l.yrii Thanksgiving play, "The
Sheph* rd of the Hills." is really one of Hi*
best offerings of the season, and will draw
Io tin- popular tl.<ater capacity audiences
this afternoon ami tiatight. The play is
*|. uliiy int* resting on a -count of the beau
tiful staging and the nobility . f the char
acters portrayed. The scenes are wild
mid ruygged and the scenic artist has done
his work well. l.ai*l in the tizark moun
tains. with its quaint people and their
strong loves and hates, tin- play is one
that is intensely interesting Irani start
to finish. The I'ompany, wlacb has been
selected with rare gi od judgment, is made
up of capable people, each ot whom tills
his or her role in a most-acceptable man
ner. Those who would enjoy a good play
splendidly acted will find "The Shepherd
of the Hills" to their liking.
"EXCUSE ME" AT ATLANTA
A THANKSGIVING OFFERING
"Excuse Mi." Henry W. Savage's pro
duction of Hupert Hughes' *'.ilsodical
farce, which will be at the Atlanta be
ginning today, possesses novelty that
alone is sufficient to earn for the pltty
unusual interest. Its clean humor, the
mu th provocative nature of its clever sit
uations and entanglements, and its pre
sentation by a east that is individually
ami collectively brilliant, make a total
that is irresistible. AU of the action of
the farce takes place aboard an overland
limited train. The story is the experience
of a number of widely contrasting types
who make up Hie passenger list, a great
many of these experiences being origi
nated or accentuated by tiie conduct ot a
fat. black, good-natured an*l character
istically witty Pullman porter. A hold
up * f the train is present*.l with a careful
attention to truthful detail that provides
a real thrill in its illustlon of actuality
ami offers tiie means for Hie various
members of th*' train party, who have
managed to get mixed en route, to
straighten themselves out.
EVERYBODY’S DOIN’
IT’ STARTS A FIGHT;
CRITIC IS FINED $35
GA . Xov 28. Because lie did
not like the tune played by an electric
piano when .he I‘axis dropped a nickel
in the slot. .lake Davis, an insurance
agent, struck the former in the face, pain
fully injuring him. The tune was “Ev
erybody’s Idling 11. ’’ When arraigned be
fore the recorder .lake Davis was fined $35
and coses.
“It will baa matter of ectgtomy for
y«m io culiivatt a musical ear,’ remarked
the recortler in passing sentence, adding
that in these days one must like tiie popu
lar, if not the beautiful, in music, as a
tn Hl ter of self d» i.st .
RAILROAD PRESIDENT RIDES
BEHIND ENGINE HE BUILT
ROME. GA.. Nov. 28. Hiding behind
the engine he built ' hintself 30 years
ago. President J. \V. Thomas, Jr. of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railway, was a visitor to the city
today on an inspection tour. His par
ty arrived on a special train, consisting
of three coach* s. pull* d by engine No
1. This engine has been pulling th*
president's special for y*a:.~.
COURT FORCES STINGY
MAN TO BUY BIG TURKEY
PITTSBURG, Nov. 2s John Popai
ami w ife qua: reled because he thought
a seven-pound turkty was enough for
a family and live husky I .a:d*:s Papal
was arrested and when brought int*.
court was ordered to buy a larger bird.
SLAYERS GET LIFE SENTENCE
i;i Isi E. G \ . Nov Js - Att- r In .i.e .'.
Icekeil f. r forty-live hours, a 1-;..y i.-
ty jury returned a verdict of guilty of
murder wiil.u re* oinmendatiiai fur mer
cy against Felix Booker, who slew Son
Daniel it the Luck ami Imm mi August
’7 Ji.'i o Madeox sent, neeii Hooker for
DEADLOCKED JURY SPENDS
THE DAY UNDER GUARD
rtiiAl.:, GA.. Nov. 28.—Unable to
a* .ay let in th*- case of John <>.r,
* neg charged «• ;i attempting to
; -auit •■* white girl here, a Floyd coun
ty jury is spending its Thanksgiving in
oom a. til*- court house with a bailiff
in guard.
was tried Tuesday and the jury
wen; out shortly after noon. It has
bt en Aleachjt ked ever since.
FARMER SAVES 300
ON TRAIN SPEEDING
INTO BURNED BRIDGE
SPIiINGFIELD, ILL., Nov. 28.
Three hundred passengers on . a Chi
cago. Peoria and St. Louis train today
owe their lives and privilege to eat a
Thanksgiving day diner to J. A. Huds
peth, a farmer, residing near Chal
lacotnbe.
Hudspeth was -in bls wheat field
w hen he noticed smoke arising beyond.
\\ ithout losing any time, he unhitched
one of his plow horses, raced five miles
to Medora and warned the station agetit
that a trestle had been destroyed by
fir*-. He was not any too soon, for the
agent had to run down the track with
a red lantern to warn the fast ap
proaching train. The engineer saw the
signal and stopped.
The passengers did not know of
their, danger until the train had be’en
naeked up and detoured over another
line.
GIRL THREATENS TO USE
HATPIN: ROUTS BURGLAR
.MAt ON. GA.. Nov. 28.—Miss Corinne
t'ooner, of 128 Fiist street, was awak
ened by the noise of her room door
opening. In the dimly lighted room she
saw a man's figure in the doorway. "If
you come in here I’ll stick you with a
hatpin, she shouted. "Good night,"
said the man, slamming the door. By
tiie time .Miss Cooner had reached the
door with a pistol, which she took from
her buteaii. the man, evidently a bur
glar. had jumped out of a second-story
window to the lawn below and was
heard running up the street.
MAN WHO SHOT HIS WIFE
STARVES SELF TO DEATH
.MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. Nov. 28
William B. Magill, who killed his wife a
week ago. died today of starvation,
coupled with the efforts of a self-in
flicted gunshot wound.
Magill, -l.'i, a school teaehe . shot and
killed his wife as she lay sleeping. Then
he turned the weapon on himself. He
was sensei.ss when policemen arrived
at the house.
GETS A DIVORCE AND
' SIO,OOO IN 10 MINUTES
SI Lol IS. N tv. 28.—For ten min
uti s Mrs. Maiie Hill de la Vega's tiir-e
was worth SI,OOO a minute. It took her
ju.-t that long to testify in her divorce
suit against Dr. Leopold A. de la Vega,
'lid she stated her case so well that
Jung* l is'.ier awarded her a divorce
and $lO,OOll gross alimony.
GOES TO WED CAPITALIST;
FINDS HE IS BOOTBLACK
WESTERLY, R. 1. Nov. 28. —Miss
Ann!*' Sisson, aged 17, is back home
after trip to San Francisco to wed a
"h.indsome capitalist" who turned out
to be a bootblack.
DOG. EXCITED BY FILM.
CHEWS MISTRESS’ NOSE
ll'.itSl-.5 < IT Y. Now". 28.—The pet dog
of Mis- Nellie Hagln got so excited
at u moving picture Blow tluit it jump
cd from th** lap ..flits mletress and
nearly chewed off h« nose.
MANTLE OF SNDW
BUINGSMISERY
; TH THE POOR
First White Thanksgiving Day
in the Memory of the Old
est Inhabitant.
Continued From Page One.
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j onfusion, which increased each minute
after 6 o’clock. The snow paclted tight
and. hard against the signs front and
bad; of every street ear and it was ipi
possible to tell their destinations. Con
duetoi's on back and motormen on front
! were forced to tell thousands of inquir
■ ers that theirs tyas not the car wanted
and much delay*, resulted. Women stood
despairingly on the corners, yvaiting
sometimes more than half an hour for
some car which they recognized to bear
them homeward.
Cais on Peachtree from Auburn ave
nue toward the viaduct were lined up
for more than two blocks because of an
accident due to the snow which oc
curred at 6. A big Peachtree car went
off tiie track at Auburn avenue and for
45 minutes traffic was blocked while
street ear employees pushed and shoved
the leviathan on the opposite t ack.
Automobile drivers were umrble to
see where to drive because of the snow
packed tightly against their wind
shields and a number of collisions took
place. The motormen were handicapped
in the same manner.
Street car 339, going to Piedmont
park on Peachtree, was stopped at the
Georgian Terrace by an automobile
whose engine had gone "dead” from the
cold. The chauffeur had to push the
ear off the track. On this same car
two women with babies in their arms
were riding who had been caught in a
department store by the storm. They
had bought blankets to keep the little
ones from freezing. A farmer passen
ger who had a quart bottle of whisky
under his coat pulled the bottle at tire
coiner of Twelfth and Peachtree and
look a long drink. He said he felt like
he would be able to make it to Rock
Springs.
The street clock on Peachtree, just
north of Auburn avenue, froze and
stopped at 10:55 p. m., but the clock op
posite the Fourth National bank build,
ing was still doihg business this morn
ing, although its north face was cov
ered with snow,
ATLANTA TWENTIETH
CITY IN COUNTRY IN
BUILDING OPERATIONS
R. M. Walker, president of the At
lanta Builders exchange, has been com
piling figures on the growth of Atlanta
and is authority for the statement that
the city ranks twentieth in building
operations among the cities of the
United States, although it ranks thirty
first in population. Mr. Walker made
this assertion last night at Durand's
case at the monthly dinner of the At
lanta exchange.
Mr. Walker also declared that the
application for a permit for the con
struction of the Winecoff hotel, which
will cost $300,000, indicates that the
year's building aggregate will exceed
$10,000,000, against $6,215,900 in 1911, a
gain of 50 per cent.
DOCTORS ARE GROWING
A NEW NOSE ON GIRL
FORT WAYNE. IND.. Nov. 28.-Ka.th
ei inc Godfrey, 3 years old, is growing a
new nose and the materials are the left
floating rib from her body and flesh taken
from the right forearm. A year ago the
child lost her nose through an accident.
Three weeks ago physicians decided upon
a novel operation.
The floating rib was removed from the
chest and buried in the forearm, where it
was allowed to remain until flesh grew
about it. The forearm was then band
aged tightly to the child’s face, where it
will remain until the flesh and bone unite
with the forehead.
“BREAD LINE’’IS OPENED
TO AID UNFORTUNATES
NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.—A week's cele
bration of the 33 years, in helping "down
and outers" to the up-and-in-ranks, was
begun by the Bowery mission at its 11*-
tle brick chapel with song, prayer, an
niversary sermon. reminiscences and
much feasting.
The latter, in which hundreds shared,
was at the expense of “Mother" Sarah
Bird and Frederick Tow'nsepd Martin, and
it marks the reopening this week of the
wimer bread line, at which a thousand
cold and empty are warmed and filled ev
ery midnight with hot coffee and rolls.
TWELVE QUARTS TOO BIG
LOAD FOR ONE MAN TO LUG
MACON, GA., Nov. 28.—W. Y. Davis,
a contractor from Dublin, was observed
by a policeman to stagger as he ap
proached the union depot, suit case In
hand. "That man’s carrying a heavy
load," remarked the officer as he started
in the direction of Davis, who, at that
instant, stumbled on the curbing and
fell. The suit case flew open and
twelve quarts of liquor dropped out,
several breaking fill the paving. He
and his doubly heavy load were sent to
the police barracks for investigation by
the recorder.
FITZGERALD FAIR CLOSES.
FITZGERALD, GA.. Nov. 28.—Tile
Tri-County fair, which has been in
progress during the past eight days,
closed yesterday with "Negro day" ex
ercises. This fair was held by Ben Hill.
Wilcox and Irwin counties. The exhib
its were good, especially the poultry.
The horse racing and motorcycle races
were enjoyed by kftge crowds.
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Just because one old man walked *0
miles to get a pardon for a wayward
son, in order that the son might "take
Thanksgiving din- -
JAMM E* LNrvIW
ner with the old
folks," and just
because a four
teen-year-old girl
petitioned the
governor to take
her brother out of
the chaingang and
put him in the
state reformatory,
and just because
both pleas were'
successful. Gov
ernor Joseph M.
Brown does not
wish tiie impres
sion to become
deep-seated in the
public mind that
every old man
who walks 70 miles and every foitrteen
year-old girl who calls at the executive
offices can put over stunts of similar
persuasion.
The governor has much of the milk
of human kindness in his make-up.
and he believes in extending executive
clemency wherever it is indicated, but
a merely sympathetic plea, a “sob”
Story with nothing substantial behind
it, does not get anywhere particularly
in the Brown philosophy.
The governor lets it be understood,
gentlj- but firmly, that executive clem
ency in his office arises out of merito
rious eases only, and parties encour
aged by late events need not waste
either their time or the governor's with
pleas for commutation of sentence, un
less there is something very substan
tial in tiie cases besides the sympathet
ic end of it.
And there were entirely sufficient
reasons for clemency in the cases of
the old man and the young girl, re
cently successfully argued before the
governor.
Referring to a statement made by the
executive department of the state of
Georgia to the executive department of
the state of Oklahoma, to the effect
that the governor of Georgia is power
less to remove or in any wise discipline
a sheriff in Georgia, and that the sher
iff may be reached byway of a trial by
jury, and in no other way', The Sa
vannah News comments vigorously as
follows:
The necessity for a change in ex
isting laws was impressed on the
people of this state during a recent
Georgia railroad strike, and in the
case of one or two lynchings and
at least one hanging. The Georgia
sheriff is responsible only to the
people who elect him, but when he
shows a disposition to look more
carefully after his own re-elettion
than after the enforcement of the
law, it does seem as if there should
be some method of administering
discipline more speedy than the
slow-moving trial by jury.
It is altogether likely that two new
laws will be proposed in the next legis
lature vitally affecting the points raised
by The News.
A statute will be proposed giving the
governor more direct power in the mat
ter of disciplining a sheriff derelict in
his duty, and another will be proposed
providing for the execution of all crim
inals condemned to death at some cen
tral point within the slate—either At
lanta or at the state farm, near Mil
ledgeville.
Both of these acts will greatly aid.
so many people think, in the sure and
orderly enforcement of the criminal
law.
Game Warden Jesse .Mercer says that
more hunters' licenses are being issued
in Georgia this year than ever before,
and with little or no friction.
When the licensee were first required
by the state there was considerable
kicking from various quarters, and pro
tests were registered frequently. This
year, however, the licenses are being
taken out and paid for cheerfully, as the
public seems to have been educated up,
in away, to the fact that the game
laws are designed not only to protect
the game, but to protect the hunter and
the sports as well.
"The game laws of Georgia," said Mr.
Mercer, “are working smoothly and
most satisfactorily. I do not antici
pate any widespread violations of the
statutes, moreover, as the public seems
to realize that we have made up our
minds to enforce them rigidly, and
Impartially, wherever a disposition to
violate or evade them is discovered.”*
Chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission Judson J, Clements,
who formerly represented the Seventh
Georgia district in the national con
gress. said in a recent interview that
Increased speed is not the thing the
traveling public needs or desires so
much as it is comfort and sanitation
In travel.
The commissioner thinks that dirty
dingy cars, stuffy, badly heated arid'
poorly ventilated, minus perfectly san
itary arrangements for drinking and
toilet purposes—these, and poor depot
equipment and so forth, are much more
to be deplored than that It takes five
hours, rather than four and a half, to
go from somewhere to somewhere else.
So exacting are the duties of the
commission in Washington that Mr
Clements seldom gets to Georgia now
adays, but he came down to vote for
Wilson and Marshall on November 5
all right!
A nice, little gubernatorial boom for
"Rufe” Hutchens, of Rome, has been
Inaugurated by some of his admiring
friends.
Georgians generally will not object
to a Hutchens gubernatorial boom of
course—but with John M. Slaton's ' in
auguration still some six months off it
does ook as If the Hutchens boom has
been trotted out a little early In the
game!
The coprt of appeals has cleared ui
the atmosphere in two particulars, with
respect to the new game laws.
The court holds that it is unlawful *,
hunt any sort of game at any time, p rc .
tceted or unprotected by the law gav ,
in one’s own militia district, Without
state license to hunt; and that gaZ
protected and unprotected, can not he
hunted on land other than the hunter's
own, without the owner’s permissiw
The court also holds that a hunt with
hounds, legally started, may be canic'i
•onto land where the hunter has not tie
owner’s permission to hunt, but that a
new-hunt may not be originated then
without the owner’s permission.
The game laws are now very well d e .
lined in Georgia, and the authorities a e
of the opinion that those who violate
them must, in most instances,’do so *IL
liberately and knowingly— and they wir
proceed accordingly, where necessar'
Despite the depressing predictions ot
a few who taid the country would go
straight onto thft rocks of hard tim* s
right after the national election, The
Winder News sees rainsbows a-plent
in the skies, and thinks things look all
right in Georgia.
Protesting vigorously against sue
"hard times” wails as it has heard, The
News advances these suggestions:
Yes, times are hard, if you listen
to the song of the money-grabber
and the pessimist. But is there a
real reason for hard times?
Cotton is selling today for a third
more than it did this date last year.
And it is a debatable question as to
whether the crop is off more than a
thiiffi compared with the average
crop raised In this section.
When a few Glooms and Grouches
begin to predict hard times, every
old Money-bag and Skin-flint starts
the bailiffs to hustling and a situa
tion is created that is hurtful. Most
of these men are like the Irishman
who heard the bank was going to
the wall—he wanted his money
right then. When told to draw his
check and it would be given him,
he said:
"Faith, and if I can git it, I don’t
want it.”
If those who owe money will
honestly do what they can to meet
their obligations, and if creditors
will be as lenient as circumstances
will permit, times will soon loosen
up.
Reports from all over Georgia indi
cate that times are all right
It seems that politics does not neces
sarily depress business in this state, for
Georgia has had lots of politics during
the past two years, and hand in hand
with it came abundant prosperity.
Representative Samuel J. Tribb'.e,
who is just completing his first term
;n congress, and will begin a new one
on March 4, passed through AtlantaJo
day, on his way to Washington.
He believes the Democratic congress
now in session will shape largely the
tariff program for the coming special
session of the new congress, and that
the extra session need not last more
than 60 days. He believes the tariff
will be revised sharply downward and
that right off the reel.
Mr. Tribble is of the opinion that the
Democrats would make a fata* mistake
to trifle with the tariff issue, in the
light of the late presidential campaign
results.
FIREMAN IS INJURED IN
ENGINE HOUSE MISHAP
C G. Carter, a fireman attached to the
f’ryor Street barn, is unconscious at the
Grady hospital as a result of a blow >n
the head he received in a peculiar acc -
dent at the engine house today. While
Carter is seriously injured physicians a'
the hospital do not believe his skull .
fractured. ’
<'arter was struck on the head by an
engine crank early this afternoon as he
with his fellow firemen of No. 4 com
pany were putting an engine back m
place. None of the men at the barn saw
the accident clearly, but It l.s thought that
the erank slipped just as Carter bent h"
heath-
TO FACE TRIAL FOR FIGHT
WAYCROSS, GA.. Nov. 28.—Ca'.im
Brakes, a young white man who cu:
Mose Steedley in a fight here, is untie
SSOO bond for appearance at Ware su
perior court to answer to the charge *:J
assault with intent to murder. In r o '
lice court Brakes and Steedley egci
received a $lO fine from the mayor.
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