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11KA&ST S-SUM3JAY AfllKKIV A N,' A'l' I VAN T'A, GA., SUNDAY,' APRIL '27, TO:
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ASKS P. 0. JOB
Would Put Bowie, a Girlhood
Friend, in Office as Post
master at Rome.
OTHER CANDIDATES TO QUIT
John M. Vandiver, Favored by
Representative Gordon Lee,
Will Leave the Field.
Beauties Make Washington Most
Brilliant Democratic Capital
$2,000,000 TRUST HEADING GEORGIA
COMPANY FAILS TEACHERS COMING
ROME. GA., April 26.—At least one
first-class postofflce is to be awarded
by the direct interference of Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, the President’s
wife, if the information received in
this city 7 from Washington i3 cor
rect.
•7. Park Bowie is reported, upon
most trustworthy authority, to have
been assured by Mrs. Wilson that she
has recommended him to Postmaster |
General Burleson for the Rome post-
mastership, with the further assur
ance that this means the early pas
sage along of the recommendation to
the President.
This is taken to mean that Mr.
Bowie unquestionably will be given
the Rome assignment, which carries
a salary of $3,200 per annum. In
deed, it has been stated that all the
other candidates will withdraw in Mr.
Bowie’s favor, if the report that Mrs.
Wilson has made a personal matter
of his appointment prove to be true,
as given out.
John M. Vandiver Favored.
It is known that Representative
Gordon Bee favored John M. Van
diver, former postmaster, for this
place. Mr. Vandiver was thrown out
by the Republicans sixteen years ago
on short notice and with several
years of his commission yet to run.
He made one of the very best post
masters Rome ever had, and Mr. Bee
intended that he should be restored.
When, however, it was hinted broadly
to the Congressman that Mrs. Wil
son might interfere, he withheld his
indorsement of Vandiver, pending de
velopments.
Mrs. Wilson’s interference in the
Rome situation is said to have been
brought about in two ways. In the
first place, Rome is her girlhood home,
and the Bowies were warm friends in
those days. Mrs. Wilson's father, the
late Rev. Dr. Axson, was for many
years the pastor of the First Presby-
lerian Church of Rome, and h memo
rial tablet in the church to-day attests
the great love and affection the con
gregation had for him* The Bowies
have been pillars in that church since
its organization. and when Park Bowie
appealed to Mrs. Wilson for help in
ianding the Rome office it seems lie
did not appeal in vain.
In the second place, there is said to
be a very marked and emphatic dis
agreement between Representative
L»ee and Senator Smith as to Mr. Man-
diver. the reported choice of Mr. Lee.
Vandiver is known to be particularly
obnoxious to the junior Senator, who
iS said to have voiced a determination
not to permit his confirmation, if Mr.
Lee succeeded in having the former
postmaster named. Mrs. Wilson is
known to have been made aware of
this acute situation, and is said to
have determined. therefore, upon
tiowie'** appointment* if she could
bring it about, as a solution of a knot
ty problem.
Lee Remains Silent.
Congressman Lee has not said any
thing. so far as Rome knows, about
the new situation, but those close to
him admit that it would embarrass
him no hi tie to oppose Mrs. Wilson,
and that'he most likely would not do
so. If Mrs. Wilson has gone as far in
the matter as Mr Bowie has been
given to understand, and it certainly
seems that she has, it looks as if he is
io land the job. If not. Congressman
l>ee may yet name Vandiver, and the
contest over his confirmation may or
may not develop in the Senate.
The present postmaster. John R.
Barclay, who is both popular and effi
cient, is holding over under an ex
pired commission and ic ready to turn
over his Office to a successor whenever
the word comes down the line. His
commission ran out on February 10.
Mr. Bowie is a well known business
man, for several years retired, and is
widely connected, both by blood and
marriage, throughout northwest Geor
gia. He would be entirely acceptable
to Rome as a postmaster.
| All my life I have heard j
! the preachers speak'
i about the dead, but they'
don’t, agree where they
are. Now, I am going to
hear what this lawyer
has to say about it. He
must have something j
good to tell us or he
would not come here and
lecture free.
Hoke Smith’s Daughter’s Are
Among the Pretty Girls Who
Will Enliven Social Festivities
of the Wilson Administration.
WASHINGTON. April 26.- If Pres
ident Wilson had made an effort, in
choosing his cabinet to select men
who had beautiful and talonfe'
daughters, in order to make his ad
ministration socially brilliant. lit
couldn’t have improved upon th *
members of his little circle of per
sonal advisers.
The inauguration of the new ad
ministration came' just at the close
of the regular Washington season.
The constitution is responsible for
this unfortunate circumstance. Con
sequently there has been just time
enough for a few social affairs—a
i,uVy i lone Sin it ti. Senator Hoke Smith’s eldest daughter,
Washington rumor says the pretty Georgia girl is engaged.
United States and Mexico Con
cern Will Go Into Voluntary
Liquidation.
The foremost
NEW YORK. April 26. The United
States and Mexico Trust Company, a I w jjj g at j ier
$2,000,000 corporation with its main
office in this city and branches in
many Western cities, will go into vol
untary liquidation, according to an
announcement made to-day by
Quincy Smith, acting for the stock
holders. It is expected the bank will
pay its depositors 100 cents on th*
dollar.
This bank was organized primarily
to act as financial agent for the Kan
sas City. Mexico and Orient Rail-
[ way Company. When tly* railway
j company went into the hands of re-
i ceivers the bank hist its most impor
tant business patron.
Immediately the stockholders ap
pointed an investigating committee
j to find out the condition of the bank.
Its report was such as to cause the
• stockholders to liquidate its affairs.
The bank, besides having certain
owns property in and around Mexico
• City, controls several mines in Mex-
I ico and holds considerable property
I along its right-of-wav.
1 In addition to this, the* bank owns
la business block and the Shubert
| Theater Building in Kansas City, Mo.
Its assets. It was declared to-day,
are expected to fully cover the lia
bilities.
(’lark,* areom-
Governor-elect to Speak
Governor-elect Slaton, M. L, Brit
ish), State Superintendent of Schools;
Mayo** Woodward, County Superin
tendent Merry; R. J. H. DeLoach,
head of the State Experiment Station
ami a member of the State Agricul
tural College faculty, and Superin
tendent G. E. Benedict will be the
sDeakers Tuesday night.
T. E. Waldrop, of the Southern Rall-
nlished daughter oi tile Speaker. ! "’ay. will consider the value of tlie
• iii,l IpuJpr in national so- 1 91:1,001 »» « community center at Wed*
dim a rial nautr in nail n-a. . U neS( i a y morning’s meeting. Other
sneakers at this session will be Su
perintendent J. O. Martjn, of Newton
j County; J. .1. Normally, of Walton
Count> : Professor J. Phil Campbell.
Judge Park on Program.
I One of the most interesting subjects
oi the conference will be that of adult J
i illiteracy to be presented Wednesday j
afternoon by Judge Frank Park, of
j ihe Albany <*ircuit.
Among the women speaker^ will be
Mia. Z. I. Fitzpatrick, president of the
! Georgia Federation of Women’s
j Clubs; Mrs. N. Peterson, chairman cf
ihe educational work of the federa-
; lion: Miss C. S. Parrish. S(ate School
Supervisor; Miss Mary Creswell, as-
i sistant in charge of girls’ clubs. State
College of Agriculture; Mrs. Edit i
.Smi-t'n Davis, national superintendent
of scientific .temperance Instruction
in the schools.
State Educational Association and
County School Officials Meet
Here This Week,
educators of Georgia
week in Atlanta for
the annual conventions of the ‘coun
ty school officials and the Georgia
Educational Association. Governor
Brown and Governor-elect Slaton,
who will extend a welcome to the
members, and P. P. Claxton, United'
States Commissioner of Education,
will be among the speakers.
The county school officials will
'hold their meetings from Tuesday
evening until. Thursday afternoon in
Taft Hall. The sessions of the Edu
cational Association will begin Thurs
day evening and conclude Saturday
Medical inspection in schools, adult
Illiteracy, the relation of women’s
clubs and the-schools, the new system
of certification of teachers in Georgia
and compulsory education are among
railway company, j the topics that Will be discussed.
OFFICIALS HANDLE CARS
WHEN EMPLOYEES STRIKE
ASHEVILLE. N. C., April 26.—Of-
; ficials and office employees of the
I street railway company here today
(locked their desks and ran cars on a
badly paralyzed schedule, when con
ductors and motorinen went on a
! strike.
The conductors and motormen quit
at noon because the company refused
to grant a demand for higher wages.
There >vas np disorder. Both side.*
! declare there will be none. This is
the first strike ever known here, and
to-day was somewhat of a holiday.
* city square, the centering point
of all the car lines, was crowded this
! afternoon and early to-night.
Aj !• o'clock the street railway offi
cials decided '•• run in their cars for
1 nignt, because the> did practically no
! business.
Buys $50 Picture
Mrs. Wilson Painted
Ashtabula, O., Also Gets Letter Writ
ten by the First Lady of
the Land.
ASHTABULA, O., April 26,—James
L. Smith has purchased a picture
painted and selected for him by Mrs.
Woffdrow Wills*>n. He sent her $50,
with Instructions to send him one of
her productions worth that amount.
With the picture came a note from
Mrs. Wilson ^written on her personal
stationery. In which she says;
"My Dear Mr. Smith: I forwarded
yesterday the little picture, with
apologies for the delay. I hesitated
to choose one for you, not knowing
what subject you might like most,
but I did U*ie best I could. You will
be interested to know that the $50
pays for a boy at the Berry school
for a whole year, that is to say, his
total expenses are $100, and he makes
$50 himself by his work on the farm
or in the shops.
"Thanking you for your interest in
the school, 1 am yours very sincerely,
"ELLEN A. WILSON.”
Texans Near Clash
With U. S. Troops
State Refuses to Allow Freeing of
234 Refugee Mexican Soldiers
* in Juarez.
EL PASO, TEX.., April 26.—An
armed clash between Texas and the
United States Governmerit was avert
ed today by sending 234 Mexican sol
diers, brought here last night from
Naco, to Fort Bliss to await their
disposition by the War Department
The War Department formerly had
ordered that the men be turned loose
in Juarez, but the Texas State gov
ernment protested against this pro
cedure and a force of armed Texas
rangers was rushed here to prevent
such action.
Eighty-five women and children,
• amp followers, were turned over to
the Mexican consul, and escorted
across the border to Mexico.
Council of State on
Quick Lunch Stool
Bryan Meets Omaha Political Friends
in Depot Cafe as He
Hurries West.
OMAHA, NEBR.. April 26.—W. J.
Bryan, en route to California, was
met in < >maha to-day by a number of
political friends.
Secretary BryanV flm action, after
shaking hands all around,\ was to
make his wav to the station restau
rant. climb up on a stool and, with
Mayor Jim, Dahlman by his side, make
a quick breakfast of a lot of "hand-
me-down" edibles.
During the meal he carried on a
whispered conversation with Dahl
man.
Mr. Bryan refused to talk of his
mission to (California.
SOUTHERN - SENATORS CAN’T
STOP NEILL APPOINTMENT
SEES NO DANGER i
IN EGYPT'S RISE
Fuller E. Callaway Says Khedive’s
Acres Never Can Rival Geor
gia in Growing Cotton.
WASHINGTON, April 26.—Fuller*
E. Callaway, cotton man, merchant
and hanker of LaGrange, Ga., ar*
rived in Washington to-day on his
way home after three months in
Egypt.
It was Mr. Callaway to whom Sec
retary of the Interior Lane cabled,
offering the position of Commissioner
of Indian Affairs.
"I couWn't take it. I Jiad too much,
to do in Georgia." said Mr. Calla^
wav. "I can’t take anything else*
either. *
"England is doing a wonderful work
in Egypt. Last year the great As
souan Dam was raised 25 feet, and.
now they have voted $15,000,000 to
build another dam.
”1 do not think all this will have
any effect on Southern cotton. The
Egyptian cotton has a much longer
staple than the cotton of the South,
and does not compete with ours. In
fact. 1 do not think we ever can raise
too much cotton. Its use is becoming'
so widespread it is taking the place
of every otb**r fiber.
Won’t Hurt the South.
"It will be well beyond the lifetime
of all of us before competition will
b«- hurtful to Southern cotton. In
Egypt they must collect and save th6
water, whereas God gives us all we
need in Georgia. Cotton land 1n
Egypt sells for $500 to $1,000 an acre,
and they have to pay for water be
sides, while in Georgia good cotton
land can be had for $25 to $50 an
acre, and we can get the water for
nothing.
"Georgia is the greatest country In
the world. LaGrange is the hub of
it. so that puts Atlanta just 71 miles
from the center.”
Field Marshal Kitchener, the great
English soldier, gave Mr. Callaway 'a
card of introduction to the Govern
ment officiate.
Mr. ’aliaway made arrangements
to exchirjTe ideas with the Depart
ment of Agriculture in Egypt on cot
ton raising. Incidentally he will re-
ceive Egyptian s.*eds for experimen
tal purposes, and will ship to Egypt
an assortment of seeds of Southern
cotton.
SOCIOLOGISTS SPEAK AT
Presi-
. Pret-
Americafis—
lie things in
taste, as it were
that is to come.
Despite the fact that President
Wilson avers modestly that he ha
no intention of becoming renown •
as an entertainer, and that ho rathe
deprecates the thought that the pr*
vailing Jeffersonian simplicity 5
about to expand into so*
Washington will be the mo
Democratic capital in the
soon as the social season
next winter. It may be't
dent Wilson can’t help hirr,
ty girls—especially re;
have been known to
their own sweet way.
To begin with, then are. the Pres- 1
ident’s own daughters, and if a Pres
ident can’t suppress the' charms >.f
his own family, he can’t very well
he expected to suppress those of the
families , of his cabinet officials.
Wilson Giris Popular.
The President's three- da tight - s
have^Jaeen in Washington less th m
three months, and they have already
established themselves on their own
talents and popularity, and not -n
their father’s greatness. Miss Mar
garet Wilson, the elde st daughter, s
a musician, and a good one-, with a 1 !
the poise of the professional. Miss
Jessie Wilson, the second daughter,
is talented in quite another way. Not
because she is serious, or reflective,
but simply because she is an ad
vanced young woman, she is interest
ed in sociological problems and has
given them much study. In fa*t,
she has made a number of public
speeches on topics of part4cular in
terest to working women, and has
won considerable fafne for her
knowledge of the subjects. The
youngest daughter. Miss Eleanor
Wilson, paints, plays, tennis, and
loves dancing.
The three daughters of the. Presi
dent are very nine!) lilted in society,
although so little has been seen of
them in the few weeks they have been
here. •
While nearly every girl ia the cab
inet circle is strikingly pretty, Mies
Nona MeAdoo, <> tughter of th" Sec
retary of the Treasury, is or chaps
the beauty of th* cabinet. At least
sho is so : called.* it is fortunate for
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The
nomination of Dr. -Charles P. Neill,
of Illinois, for reappointment as Com-
i missioner of Labor will be confirmed
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH d,spite tl,e hard "s' 11 ".ade
him by Senator Tillman, of Soutn
Carolina, and Senator Overman, of
North Carolina. This information was
conveyed to the President to-day by
members of the Senate. The fight
against Mr. Neill grew out of a re
port he made several years ago on
labor conditions in the South. It was
harsh, and Senators Tillman and
Overman claim it was unfair.
that she Qias both beauty and
i . beepuBeVhe has an impor
tant position to fill. x Having no
mother, she must preside in her fath
er’s household, and the position
a cabinet hostess is attended with
many responsibilities.
Two Burleson Beauties.
Postmaster General Burleson has
two daughters, Sidney and Lucy
Burleson. They are not quite ready
to plunge into the whirl of Washing
ton society, but they are making
preparations. At present they are in
sehi.Mil at Sweet Briar College, Vir
ginia. They were in Washington for
a week during inauguration, and
again at Easter, and each time they
went back to school regretfully. They
write, sing, and paint, and they are
bound to take an active part as soon
as their parents say they are old
enough to really enter society v\
the Capital.
Another ‘cabinet daughter is Miss
Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter qf ihe
new Secretary of Labor. Miss Wil
son has done things
claim to equal. For a long time sh
acted as a cT^rk tor her father, there
by becoming an authority on labor
questions, and she owns a gold watch
LUhied with diamonds, a tribute of!
Dr. Henry A. Atkinson, former
pastor of th"' Central Congregational
Church, and Marcus O. Flagg, super
intendent of the Florida Children’s
Home Society, will be speakers to
day from the pulpit of the Central
Congregational Church. They are
attending sessions of the Southern
Sociological < 'engross.
The sermon of Dr. Atkinson will be
on the subject, “Social Tasks of
the Church of To-day." Mr. Flagg
will speak on child welfare work.
NEW CHURCH IS NAMED
ZEIGLER TABERNACLE
Prosperity of Atlanta’s newest
church is revealed in the first quar-
! teMy report of the Emergency.Inde-
I pendent M. E. Church, made public
; at a church conference.
It was decided to call the Institu
tion the Zeigler Tabernacle, in honoi
j of the former pastor, Rev. S. M. Zoig-
i ler.
The report is signed by the stew
ards. Charles W. Walton, A. S. Smith j
i
YOUTH STABBED TO DEATH.
WEST POINT, GA., April 26.—David
Adams fatally stabbed Mike Morris this
afternoon. lie claims self-defense.
Both were under age.
Atlanta Is Termed
Intellectual Center
South Carolina University Head Con
gratulates City on Fight Against
Vice District.
Dr. C. Mitchell, president of the
South Carolina University, attending
sessions of the Southern Sociological
Congress, declared that Atlanta is .the
intellectual center of the South.
“Atlanta is so situated,” he sard,
"that she is the center from which
emanates the combined thought of the
entire section. From here should
spread influences for the conservation
of the South’s greatest asset—human
life.
"You are to be congratulated on
your fight against segregated vice.
That influence should reach out to
every city of the South, just as the
campaign in Chicago should have its
effect on cities of the North and Mid
dle Weil
Past Life Blank;
Man Taken Home
Frederick Gorham Leaves for Grand
Rapids, Accompanied by
Brother-in-Law.
DENVER, fcprll 26.—Frederick A.
Gorham, Jr., the ayettPe (Idaho) man
who arrived in Denver last Sunday
with no- recollection of his past life
and no knowledge of his own identity,
left last night for Grand Rapids,
Mich., the home of his father. With
him was Morris M. Davidson, of Grand
Rapids, a brother-in-law. Davidson
said an attempt would be made to re
store Gorham’s memory by hypnotism.
and William Shaw.
Mis. .|i»ssie Wilson, daughter
of thV President, and intensely
u '"' f? ,rls l ‘ an j interested in sociology as well as
society.
$10,00 FOR BROKEN HEART.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Apr!
26.—Ten thousand dollars heart balm
was awarded to Nella M. Rarne« by a
jury her. 1 to-day for alienation of her
husband’s affections by Scottie A.
White.
Salesmen; Wanted
One or two result gettinrj men
wanted to sell established line of
quality cars and motor trucks in At
lanta. Quick advancement to man
who can c;et the business. Must be
able to work under system. Previous
experience in automobile business de
sirable, but not absolutely necessary.
Apply by letter, giving details.
Address M.T.L. Care This Paper
Washington so filled with guests.
When next winter rolls around,
<> lahor organization for her part In j Miss O-nevievc (Marjt, daughter of
straightening out some of its trou-! . , ... .,,, „ ^ . . -
k l( , g ° Speaker Champ ( lark, will be back i
Then, of course, there are the ] in Washington. At present she is-in'
('laughters of Senator Hoke Smith, of 1 Europe, having sailed little more than
Georgia, formerly a member of thuja week ago. Miss (’lark is a leader
Cabinet. Callie Hoke Smith. the j in anything* she does, for the reason
younger of the two daughters. Ls < that she has not only feminine
still in school, but Miss Lucy Hoke (harm, but the property of applica-
rtmith is in the very center of things] tion. When she visited the Panama
social, and is very, very popular. It
is y-.id and this is to be observed
strictly confidential way, because
has been no announcement —
| in a
I ther
that
i young naval officer. The residence of
i Senator Smith, on California Avenue,
! has been the scene of many house-
parties, dinners, dances and oth^r
! ('estivfittes in the past few weeks. ')(
j bite vhe house has been quiet, be-
i ause of Mrs. Smith's Illness. Before
she became HI, there was not a house
Canal a few v
it. Whyi .she
ks ago, she »tudi -<t
in the company of
Senators she is able to .isk and an
swer questions about public reform,
and when she is with girls of h*»r
own age, she can talk trees. In oth
er words, she is interested in every
thing. Her father is her ideal of a
man. and she expects soon to take
up missionary work in the sociologi
cal. not the religious, sense—among
the -mountain folk of Kentucky and
Missouri.
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