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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Georgians View With Interest Ef
fort to Make Two States of
Southern Peninsula,
By JAMES B. NEVIN
Georgians generally will be inter
esrted in the movement now aggres
sively under way to divide the State
of Florida into two States, to be
' known, respectively, as East and West
Florida.
Every now and then, a motion has
been made to divide the grand old
State of Georgia—as the stump speak
ers call it—into t\vo separate com-
monwelaths, and this proposition bobs
.up now and then in the suggestion
- that.Macon be made the capital of the
State instead of Atlanta, but it never
ha« gone to anything like the length
that the movement to divide Florida
has gone. *
A bill already has been prepared for
Introduction in the Florida Legisla
ture—as a matter of fact, it is sched
uled to be sent to the House for a first
reading Wednesday, Mav 7—and there
can be no doubt that the movement
is on in dead earnest and in all se
riousness.
A poll of the State Legislature,
moreover, is «eaid to favor the idea,
and every indication is that the bill
will pass.
After the passage of the bill the
measure will be submitted to the peo
ple for a vote, and if ratified, the Gov
ernor will take the matter up with the
Florida congressional delegation and
proceed at once to'apply for statehood
for both the proposed new States,
without any further action in the
Florida Legislature. The newspapers
of the State are nearly all in favor of
the movement.
The matter has gone so far that al
ready keen rivalries have sprung up
between cities in both thb proposed
new States, wishing to be the capitals
thereof. Citizens generally seem to
view the forthcoming division—if It
ever arrives—with calmness and poise.
Nobody seems to be mad with any
body particularly—somehow Florida
appears merely to think that it just as
well be two States as one, if pot bet
ter!
One aspiring city, with somebody
possessed of a happy sen$e of humor
a press-agenting its claims, to the capi-
" tal plum of one of the new Stages,
gravely asserts that it is entitled to
the honor because “the town is utterly
' free of insects, and is popular with
the politicians.”
Whether the one statement nega
tives the other is, of course, for the
gentle reader to say.
The Vidalia Advance, in publishing
the following unique communication
from a correspondent, has solved
something of a mystery, and thrown
an illuminating and serious light upon
a matter considered for many years
more or less of a joke:
“Editor Advance: I notice in a re
cent issue of your paper where you
say that you will hereafter leave off
‘Colonel’ from the names of attor
neys, in which I heartily agree with
you, as I think, the highest title an
American in civil life can pave. is
Mr.,' writes L. J. Cowart.
“But as to how they came to be
called Colonel l will explain for the
benefit of posterity. Some time in the
distant past every Solicitor General
\v t as, by virtue of his office, a pieipber
of the Governor’s staff, with the rank
of colonel, and there being but few
lawyers in the State, they were soon
nearly all solicitors or ex-soliictors
general, and for fear of robbing some
of them of their military title, of
which they were very proud, the peo
ple, and more especially strangers,
called them all “Colonel,” until finally
it is applied to all alike, some of whom
I am constrained to believe would
scarcely make a good country ’squire,
“Yours, etc., C. N.”
Governor Joseph M. Brown delights
to talk of nothing so much, perhaps,
as of his big Cherokee County farm,
where every now and then he spends
a few hours—sometimes a day or
more—looking over things.
He can catch an early train out
of Atlanta, ride, four miles through
the country and back, catch an aft
ernoon train back to Atlanta, and
not be absent from the executive of-
— flee more than six or eight hours,
f When h * gets to the farm, however,
he keeps things on the jump, for
every minute counts. He can get .over
a surprising amount of territory in a
mighty short time, and he generally
comes back to the Capital with his
cuffs covered with minute pencil
memoranda, about this, that and the
other things, big and little, need
ing attention in some way.
He knows all the country folk
( about his farm, and they are to a
man proud of their neighbor, both
as a statesman and a farmer—for
they look upon him as an eminent
success in both lines of endeavor.
John R. Cooper, of Macon, is an
Atlanta visitor.
Mr. Cooper says his late Congres
sional race, although he failed to win,
1 has not greatly discouraged him. Hi
intimates that he may have another
try at that plum some of these days.
Brenau Composer
Given Signal Honor
Otto W. G. Pfefferkorn Chosen by
Godowsky to Help Arrange
Ideal f>iano Course.
| Georgia has been signally honored
j through the selection of Otto W. G.
Pfefferkorn, director of music at Bre
nau College, Gainesville, Ga.. as a
collaborator with Godowsky, the worjd
famous pianist, in the preparation of
an Ideal course of study for piano stu
dents.
Mr. Pfefferkorn received the invita
tion from one of the leading publish
ing companies of America.*the gifted
American director being chosen at the
request of Godowsky himself.
Godowsky, who is jdt Vienna, is one
of the foremost musicians of the day.
Mr. Pfefferkorn, who has been con
nected with Brenau Conservatory for
twelve years, is a composer himself,
his work being widely known.
The Austrian and American musi
cians were chosen in order to make
the ideal course of study one of Inter
national scope and interest.
GOES AFTER SUSPECT.
GADSDEN, ALA.. May 6.—An of-
» ticer left here to-day for Cedartown,
Ga., to investigate a report that a
negro held by the police of that place
is Warren P^yor, wanted here for
the murder of G. F. Quest, superin
tendent of the Alabama Power Com
pany.
White City Park Now Open
HE THRIVESON POISON.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL., May 6.—Henry
Peters, aged 50, a farmer, was alive
and well to-day. Last night he drank
more than an ounce of nitric acid.
Ten days ago he swallowed two ounces*
(it sulphuric acid and recovered.
U.S. Asked to Aid in
Battle Celebration
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Representative Howard Promises tc
Try to Interest Federal Gov
ernment—Socities Meet.
The semi-centennial of the Battle
of Atlanta will he celebrated by At
lantans. Wllmer C. Moore, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, ha»
been working on the plan, and at 3:30
o’clock Tuesday a meeting will be
held at which all of the patriotic so
cieties in the city trill be represented.
Arrangements for the celebration will
be made.
An effort will be made to obtain
Federal aid in holding the celebra
tion. Representative William Schley
Howard ha* been communicated w ith
by President Moore and has written
that he will try to interest the Na
tional Government, other members,
of the Georgia delegation are also
being communicated with.
MILITIA CAPTAIN RESIGNS.
MACON.—Captain John Harris, of
the Macon Volunteers, has tendered
his resignation as company com
mander, and Lieutenant Balkcom is in
line for the position. Sergeant A. < \
Brown will probably succeed to the
lieutenancy.
ODDITIES
—in the—
DAY’S NEWS
Atlantan Arbiter in
Raleigh Water Fight
! Benjamin H. Hall Fixes Price for
Plant—Daniels to Sue for Burn
ing of Newspaper.
JUDGE REVENGED ON MILLI-
NER8.—j/'I’ve been ‘soaked’ by milli
ners ever since my honeymoon and
now I’m getting even,” said Judge
Uhler, of Chicago, when he fined
William Ravid. a milliner, $15 for
violating the ten-hour labor law.
77 LOVE LETTERS NO PROOF
OF INSANITY.—“When a man 77
writes love letters, the fact does not
constitute evidence of insanity,” said
Judge Ellison in the Court of Ap
peals of Kansas City. This ruling
was laid dow;n in the case of a son
who sought to % break his father’s
win.
TALKED IN SLEEP; GETS NEW
TRIAL.—The State Supreme Court
at Denver has held that a person
may not be convicted of murder by
admission made while talking in his
sleep. Joseph E. Martinez, convicted
of murder and sentenced to life im
prisonment, will be tried again. At
the first trial a witness testified that
Martinez in his sleep muttered. “I
killed her.”
Benjamin H. Hall, an Atlanta en
gineer, is back in the city to-day
after spending several weeks in Ra
leigh, N. C., as a member of a board
of arbitration to settle a suit for the
possession and operation of the Ra
leigh waterworks.
The arbitration board decided on a
price of $250,000, suggested by Mr.
Hall. Figures were based on a care
ful survey and estimate of the water
power plant and the distributing sys
tem.
An impounding basin Is planned.
Heretofore there has been no reserve
for fire or emergency. It Is under
stood that Josephus Daniels, Secre
tary of the Navy, will sue the city for
the difference in the loss of his news
paper plant and the insurance he car
ried. He will base the suit upon the
assertion that the property was in
sufficiently protected by the city.
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Queen Mary Painted
As Parisian Beauty
Llewellyn's Portrait at Royal Acade
my in Sharp Contrast to One
By Lavery.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 6.—The most inter
esting feature of the Royal Academy
exhibition is tne con trait between
the work of the royal portrait paint
ers, John Lavery and William Llewel
lyn. The former has painted a por
trait group of the King, the Queen,
the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Mary. It is a realistic Anglg-Teutonio
family, stiff, almost wooden.
Llewellyn has produced a portrait
of Queen r Mary making her look like
a Parisian beauty.
BANK TELLER $15,000 THIEF.
ST. LOUIS, May t>.—A statement
issued by the Third National Bank
stated that H. C. Baseler, a paying
teller, hart confessed to a shortage of
$15,000.
DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT
EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Spiral Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 6.—Encouragepient
for the ultimate recovery of the
Duchess of Connaught, wife of the
Governor General of Canada, who was
twice operated upon for intestinal
obstruction, was given to-day by the
attending physicians.
A bulletin issued at noon stated
that the duchess had pa.ssed a good
night and that her general condition
showed improvement.
WHY KENTUCKY MAN’S
TRIAL WAS CONTINUED
„ MURRAY, KY., May 6.A Young
man from this county indicted In the
Federal Court at Paducah asked for
a continuance of his case.
“On what plea?” Inquired the
Judge.
"If it please your Honor, one of
my witnesses is in the penitentiary,
one in the asylum and I have been
In Jail since Christmas.'*
He got It.
GAMBLERS QUIT MACON
ON ORDER OF SHERIFF
MACON, GA., May Sheriff Jim
Hicks has given notice to ail gam
blers that they will not be tolerated
In Mnoon. “Biscuit” Smith, one of
the oldest professional gamblers of
the city, who has been arrestsd twice
In a week’B time for running a poker
room, declares that the Sheriff means
what he says, and he has advised his
associates to follow his example and
leave the city.
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Figure It Out
yy
How can you expect to possess Rood health
if you are careless with your Stomach, Liver
and Bowels. These organs are the “control-
ing power" and must be guarded against
weakness. To this end you really should try
a bottle of
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
T
Woman
Is interested and should
know about the wonderful
Marvel j
Askyourdruggistfnr
It. If he cannot sup
ply the MARVEL,
accept no other, hut
send stamp for book.
Marvel Co . 44 E. 23d SI.. H.lf.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Company
We want out out-of-town customers to
share, every advantage of this store, through
our Efficient Mail Order Service.
Wednesday Is the Day Hundreds of Atlanta Women Have Waited For
The Great May Sale of Undermuslins
Here They Are—Siraowy and ___
Summery as a Sea Gull
An Event Signalized by Unusually Good Specials—-
An Occasion for True Economy
The backbone of a Sale of Undermuslins is
the inexpensive garments. We want you to test
this sale accordingly.
There are plenty of beautiful and exclusive
things as a matter of course—for t his snowy
sale was planned for three classes of people:
June brides, women going away for the sum
mer, and women who simply want their Imt-
weather wardrobes replenished with
The Best Underclothing for
the Least Money
But no matter what the price of the garment,
you may be sure of three things:
Snowy, fresh materials.
Shapes of the new fashion.
Careful workmanship.
More good garments at $1 than in any pre
vious White Sale.
Night downs for instance, in at least, twenfy-
five styles, at $1.00. ,
Other items of keen interest to the thrifty
woman are these straight-line, fiat trimmed Pet
ticoats; some with embroidered front panel—
at $1.00.
There are Gowns for as little as 37c, and good
Corset Covers for 25c, which are the best, we do
believe, to be found in a day’s shopping.
The Whole Undermuslin Store on the Third
Floor will be devoted to this event—with plenty
of extra salesladies to insure prompt service.
Note These Features of Special Interest
Petticoats at 35c
One of the Chief Attractions
will be this assortment of beautiful, lacy, Huffy muslins at the special
price for Wednesday. For instance:
$2.50 and $3 Night Gowns at )
$2.50 and $3 Combinations at (
$2.50 and $3 Petticoats at .
$1.98
Gowns for Special Selling at 37c
Made of nainsook, chemise style: dainty embroidery al neck, beading and rib
bon.
Teddy Bears in Ten Styles at $1.00
Some trimmed with Irish crochet lace, others with dainty embroidery, lace
and beading, ribbon run. Women arc enthusiastic over these garments, and
these are of the style and value that sell as fast as th»y are shown.
Dainty Mull Princess Slips at $1.00
You may have pink, blue or white; trimmed with Valenciennes lace and bead
ing drawn with ribbon.
Night Gowns at $1.00 That Are Irresistible
Very dainty, pretty Gowns of soft, crinkly crepe, pink, bine or white grounded
with wee Dresden roses'; they are trimmed with lace and beading, ribbon run.
36 to 40-inch lengths, em
broidery trimmed or with
tucked ruffle.
Petticoats at 50c
Made of good cambric
with Amifrench embroid
ered ruffle; fitted band.
New Flat Petticoats
at $1.00
You would not, believe that
these flat-trimmed Petticoats
could be so artistic, nor in
so many charming styles.
Some are embroidered, oth
ers lace trimmed.
Hand-Embroidered Drawers, 49c
Real French made garments with embroidered
scallop ruffle; with bands. $1.00 value.
$1.25 Petticoats at
$1.25 Night Gowns at
$1.25 Drawers at
$1.25 Princess Slips at
$1.50 Night Gowns at
$1.75 Princess Slips at
$1.25 Corset Covers at
$1.25 Chemises at *
79c
$1.00
$1.29
$1.00
■ 49c
June Is Just Ahead
The Month of Brides and Roses
Which Brings Up the Question of the Wedding Corset
1
“Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something blue."
Let the Veil be of choicest old Irish point or Duchesse lace, if you will;
and let her wear some borrowed trinket tucked away amid the laces, and the
"blue bird of Happiness” singing in her breast—but one thing must be new,
bridal new, and chosen and fitted with infinite care—the Wedding Corset.
We know very well what the bride insists upon, and we’ve remembered
her daintiest whim in providing the superb Corsets here—the real bridal kind,
all brocaded and beautiful—or plain, if milady chooses.
And she need not confine herself to one kind nor ofie price, for many fa
vorite makes are here, models for every figure, and all prices, from $3 to $25.
Also White Gloves, White Stockings and White Shoes,
of Special Interest on the First Floor,